Dramatic accident on the Casteggio ring road: a 56-year-old man lost his life. A 24-year-old from Casteggio who ran at 205 km/h is on trial for manslaughter.
Crash at 205 km/h
The accident occurred there Christmas Eve 2022 on the Voghera-Casteggio ring road, at the height of Beautiful mountain, had serious legal consequences for a 24-year-old young man Casteggio. The 24-year-old is driving a BMW rear-ended a Kia, causing the death of Giuseppe Marchetti, 56, from Pinarolo Po.
Manslaughter
The dynamics of the accident, reconstructed by the experts, highlighted that the BMW was traveling at a speed of 205 kilometers per hour, well above the limit of 90 kilometers per hour. The case was dealt with by judge Pietro Balduzzi, who imposed a sentence on the 24-year-old two years and eight months for manslaughter without conditional suspension, despite the young man having asked for a two-year plea deal. The sentence must be served, possibly with referral to social services. To the 24 year old it was also driving license suspended for two years.
The letter of apology
During the hearing, at which both the defendant and the victim’s wife were present, the 24-year-old presented a letter of apology to Marchetti’s family. The sentence was aggravated by the fact that the young man he was driving at excessive speed and with a blood alcohol level double the legal limit.
The accident
On the night of the accident, the 24-year-old was returning from a club where he had drunk two beers. In addition to the 56-year-old who died, there were others left in the crash five other people were injured, including the victim’s wife and the 24-year-old himself. The car hit by the 24-year-old hit the guardrail and then ended up in the center of the road and then hit two other cars, driven respectively by a 51-year-old from Casteggio and a 21-year-old from Rivanazzano.
The expert opinion of the prosecutor’s consultant, Emanuele Fracasso, confirmed that the BMW was traveling at around 205 kilometers per hour and that the driver he had the accelerator pedal pressed all the way down in the five seconds before the crash. The 24-year-old’s defense justified the fact with a possible fall of sleep.
(Cover photo: archive image)
