Hundred. For the fatal accident in which he lost his life Emily Vigilantthe 22 year old carabinieri from San Giovanni in PersicetoThe magistrate of the court of Ferrara has sent to trial OC, the 49 year old at the wheel of the Peugeot 3008 that yes crashed head-on with the Fiat Punto on which the young woman was traveling with a colleaguethe 38-year-old PDM who was driving the car, also remained badly injuredbut fortunately without consequences lethal.
The tragic accident occurred on 11 May 2023 near the intersection between via Modena and via di Renazzo, near the Merighi earthmoving company, in Cento territory.
The 49-year-old driving the Peugeot 3008, which was traveling along the Sp66 coming from San Giovanni in Persiceto and heading towards Renazzo-Ferrara, will have to answer for road homicide And injuries serious personal injuries. According to prosecutor Isabella Cavallari, in fact, with imprudence and incompetence, the man would have invaded the oncoming lane at a speed of 90 km/h, thus exceeding the speed limit of 70 km/h by 20 km/h expected for that stretch of road, crashing into the Fiat Punto.
The latter, on which the carabinieri were travelling, was coming from the opposite direction and was regularly positioned in its own semi-lane when the impact caused Vigilante killed instantly and caused serious personal injuries to the 38-year-old next to her, who was transported by air ambulance to the Maggiore hospital in Bologna, with fractures of both wrists, dislocation of the right hip and right acetabulum, judged healable by doctors in over forty days. The 49-year-old was instead taken by ambulance to Cento hospital.
At the same time, the Prosecutor’s Office advanced archiving request – on which the preliminary hearing judge has yet to rule – for the 38-year-old PDM, too investigated for road homicide – as per practice – in the months following the accident, when the investigators asked for help from a consultantthe engineer Guido Cacciari, to carry out a kinematic technical consultancy to ascertain any responsibility for the fatal accident.
During the preliminary hearing, assisted by lawyer Denis Lovison, the 38-year-old policeman turned himself in civil party and sued the insurance company as civilly liable. The preliminary hearing judge will express his opinion on this aspect at the next hearing, which has been set for December 19th.
