Their beautiful love fable "exploded" on the Via dell'Acqua Vergine asphalt Sunday afternoon, in a crash that proved fatal to the lovers' couple. They were traveling by motor vehicle as they collided with a Mercedes car driven by AM, a 34-year-old Romanian man. Christian Milo, a fashion photographer known to artists around the world, and his girlfriend, Albanian model Stella Vasilika Kërxhalli, 31, were the victims of this serious accident.

It is learned, according to Italian police reports, that the photographer died at the scene while the model was en route to Tor Vergata General Hospital.

They had been recognized seven years earlier during a photography session. Friends say they were very lovers, had bought a house recently and were expected to crown love at the altar.

The late model's latest project was the cover of Vogue magazine, the Portuguese version and the photos were all made by her boyfriend, Christian Milo.