Castellammare. The family of Salvatore Vertolomo, the 19-year-old victim of the car accident the other night in via Ripuraria in Castellammare, is calling for justice and is waiting to know the results of the toxicology and alcohol results on the girl who was driving the car without a license.
The 26-year-old from Somma Vesuviana is now under investigation at large for road homicide, but her position could worsen: The Torre Annunziata public prosecutor’s office which is conducting the investigations is awaiting both the results of the tests and the checks of the images from the private cameras of some companies located in the accident area.
The girl’s uncle was also reported at liberty for aiding and abetting, for having falsely declared that he was driving during the collision, effectively hindering the first part of the investigation.
Both the car and the scooter were seized while Salvatore Vertolomo’s body will be subjected to an autopsy in the next few days. The friend who was riding the scooter with the victim did not suffer serious injuries. He is hospitalized.
The memory of the cousin “Sasà you were a very good boy, I miss you already”.
Pain and despair among relatives and friends of the young victim who lived in the Piano Napoli di Boscoreale. A cousin remembers him like this: “Sasà you were a very good boy, I miss you already”. And a cousin instead writes: “There are no words of comfort, only a deafening silence and a sad awareness. We would like to be close to you, hear your voice, your smell, see your heart beat, but you are no longer here with us and the sky that is between us does not allow any of this anymore. There is no definitive separation as long as the memory persists.”
The news of Naples and its province in recent months has unfortunately been full of stories of victims of road accidents. And the Green MP remembers it, Francesco Emilio Borrelli.“It’s an endless list of road deaths. The cause is too often attributable to failure to comply with the rules. Speed, use of mobile phones, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol are among the causes of an endless massacre.
In the case of Castellammare, a 26-year-old without a license was driving the car. It’s absurd, severe penalties should be applied and no discounts for those who kill due to incorrect driving and moreover without a license.
The new highway code signed by Matteo Salvini is inadequate. It introduces the possibility for local administrations to increase speed limits, the use of bollards is reduced, more powerful cars are put into the hands of new drivers and ZTLs and cycle paths are limited. It has been defined by many associations as the ‘massacre code’, without a doubt it will not help to reduce innocent deaths.”
