BARI – Wednesday June 12, 2024in court in Bariforward the judge Dr. Nicola Bonante, upon the outcome of theAt the preliminary hearing, Alessandro Sassone, the thirty-year-old from Valenzano accused, agreed to a sentence of one year and four months, with conditional suspension. and now too condemned for the crime of vehicular homicide to have caused the tragic accident that claimed his lifealone 25 years old, to Gianluca De FranciscisOf Casamassimaand it occurred March 2, 2023 in the industrial area of Capurso: the motorist, entering the main road From one small road that led to a company, he cut off the victim’s path That he arrived on a motorbikewith fatal consequences.
To the accusedregistered immediately in register of the investigated from the Public minister from the Bari prosecutor’s office owner of the relevant criminal proceedings, Dr. Manfredi Dini Ciacciwas also inflicted accessory administrative sanction from the suspension of driving license for one year.
The Deputy Prosecutor, who at the end of the preliminary investigations requested the indictment for Sassone, he charged the driver of the car with one Peugeot 308of having caused the death of the motorcyclist “For guilt consisted of negligence, imprudence as well as in violation of the rules regulating road traffic and in particular article 145 of the Highway Code, which imposes the obligation to give priority to those coming from the rightand article 154, which requires, when making a turn, to make sure you can carry out the maneuver without creating an obstacle or danger for other road users” to quote the magistrate’s document.
As was in fact ascertained by the engineer Giuseppe BrizziThe technical adviser to whom the investigating prosecutor entrusted the assignment Of reconstruct the dynamics, causes and all responsibilities of the crashSassone found himself traveling on one at 6.25pm small road adjacent to the Baritex company, when, having reached the gate that leads onto via Casamassimastretch of former State Road 100at kilometer 12+500, “when making the left turn to merge onto the dual carriageway of the latter road – continues the Dr. Dini Ciacci in his request for trial – he didn’t notice the arrival of the Honda motorbike Africa Twin of De Franciscis which collided with the right side of the car”. The centaur, who in turn proceeded towards Cellamareunfortunately he was unable to avoid the impact with the car that stopped in front of him, it was thrown from the motorbike and after a tragic one 12 meter flight he ended up against a public lighting polebefore falling lifeless to the ground: the helmet that he wore regularly it wasn’t enough for him, it is died practically instantlythe reported polytraumas were too serious.
“Despite having entered via Casamassima at low speed, the motorist did not pay the required attention in carrying out this maneuver – concluded in his report technical office consultant -, as he did not fully have a clear view to the rightboth due to the passage of another car which was going towards the center of Capurso, and which therefore blocked the view to the right, and due to the presence of trees on the pavement to the right of the Baritex gate as well as, lastly, due to the presence of a bump 180 meters from the gate itself”. Hence the request for indictment highlighted by the Prosecutor towards the accused who, in the face of his overwhelming responsibilityat Wednesday’s preliminary hearing asked for and obtained a settlement there sentence of one year and four months.
Gianluca De Franciscis he left her in immense pain mateThe little son of alone four yearsi parentsThe Brother hey grandparents who, in order to be assisted, shed full light on the facts and obtain justice, through the Area Manager for Puglia and head of the Bari office, Sabino De Benedictisthey relied on Studio3A-Valore SpA., a company specialized at a national level in compensation for damages and protection of citizens’ rights, which made use of the technical consultancy of the expert engineer forensic expert Pietro Pallotti for the reconstruction and evaluation of the accidentas well as of collaboration of the lawyer. Fabio Ferrara of the Bari Court. The victim’s relatives trusted in one appropriate sentence to the gravity of the fact that, although very partial, it has now arrived, but now, also by virtue of this fixed point, they expect ataking responsability also from insurance company of the car, Assimochuswhich has advanced so far totally inadequate compensation proposals with the consequence that, after everything they have been through, they will also have to file a civil lawsuit.
