ROME (AFP) - Juventus's Serie A clash at home to Parma on Sunday has been called off following the death of a visiting fan at a service station.

The 28-year-old man, later named as Matteo Bagnaresi, was run over by a bus apparently carrying Juve fans to the match.

"With the approval of the relevant authorities, Juventus and Parma have decided to postpone the match as a sign of mourning for the incident involving the Parma fan who was on his way to the Olympic stadium in Turin," said Juventus in a statement.

"In the case of such a fatal tragedy the two teams felt they were not in the right condition to take to the field."

The postponenment was also confirmed by an Italian Federation statement.

The incident happened on the same round of matches as the death of Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri back in November.

He was accidentally shot by a policeman after violence broke out between travelling Juventus and Lazio fans at another service station.

Ansa reported that there were skirmishes between rival fans at the rest stop on the A21 motorway between Turin and Piacenza while the Gazzetta dello Sport website claimed that some reports said the bus which killed Bagnaresi had come under attack from rival fans.

The death of Sandri back in November sparked violent protests in several grounds around the country leading to some matches being postponed.

The Italian Federation announced that a minute's silence would be observed at the other grounds around the country as a mark of respect for the fan.

Speaking to Sky TV ahead of the 3pm kick-offs around the country injured AC Milan striker Ronaldo said he hoped this incident would not set off a repeat of the problems that tarnished the image of Italian football back in November.

"It's a tragedy but it's an incident which happened," he said. "It's a tragedy for the family and for us who play and want to put on a show.

"But I don't think it can cause a security problem in football."