He died after 16 days of agony following an accident, but the driver was not at fault. Judge Francesca Preziosi acquitted Rodolfo Campugiani “for not having committed the crime”. On 12 January 2018 along the provincial road 78, in Pian di Pieca in San Ginesio, the man was driving a Nissan Navara, when he collided with a Subaru Justy driven by an 88-year-old from Sant’Angelo in Pontano, with his 86-year-old wife at his side . The spouses were pulled from the wreckage by the firefighters, he was taken to the emergency room in Macerata, she by air ambulance to Ancona. The old woman suffered numerous injuries in the impact, and despite her treatment she died on January 28th. The driver of the pick up ended up on trial on charges of vehicular homicide, as well as injuries towards both the woman’s husband and the man who was in the Nissan with him. In the last hearing, prosecutor Stefano Lanari asked for an 8-month sentence, believing that Campugiani had been speeding excessively. However, according to the defender, the lawyer Leide Polci (photo), the accused had been unable to do anything to avoid the impact with the car, which he had suddenly turned. The 86-year-old’s family members were civil parties with the lawyer Cristiano Carnevali.
