May 17, 2024, 1.03pm
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PALERMO – The Palermo Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the fatal accident in Viale Regione Siciliana.
It was the ordered the seizure of the stretch where Samuele Fuschi lost his lifeended up in a chasm that opened onto the asphalt.
The investigations are entrusted to the municipal police, but the deputy prosecutor Ennio Petrigni and the deputy Ludovica D’Alessio asked the Civil Protection to carry out some investigations. The objective is twofold: to evaluate what happened and possibly prevent it from happening again.
The hypothesis being worked on is that a depression first formed and then the collapsetechnically defined as excavation.
Once Once the checks have been carried out, it will be possible to understand whether any lack of maintenance was the cause of the accident in a city where the road conditions are terrible. If this were the case there would be responsibilities on the part of the municipal administration.
What caused the failurethe passage of the Sh scooter on which the victim was traveling or another vehicle, perhaps a heavy one, in a particularly busy artery given that it is the gateway to the motorway.
Fuschi may not have had time to notice the sinkholecaused by a vehicle that preceded it, failing to avoid it.
The traffic police they are trying to understand if there are cameras to frame the exact point of the accident, occurred immediately after the Bonagia bridge.
pm they have the body was seized so that some tests are carried out to ascertain the resulting, fatal injuries caused by the impact. The victim’s body was thrown a few meters.
The scooter was not allowed to circulate, it was seized and without insurance. It is not yet clear whether Fuschi was wearing a helmet or not, given that it was found at the scene of the accident. Did it come loose due to the impact, was it not fastened or was he not wearing it?
The seizure and the simultaneous narrowing of the roadway will cause inevitable traffic disruption.
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May 17, 2024, 1.03pm
