Was sentenced for vehicular homicide to two years in prisonwith a suspended sentence, the55 year old driver of Gaeta who on 23 December 2016, along State Road 598 “Fondo Valle d’Agri”, was involved in the road accident that cost the lives of three friends of Atena Lucana, Tonino Petrone, Serafino Cicchetti and Tonino Schettino.
The truck driven by the 55-year-old and the Renault Scenic in which the three men were traveling collided violently. For Petrone, Cicchetti and Schettino the rescue was of no avail, they died instantly, crushed after the impact with the heavy vehicle.
Today the Court of Lagonegroin a monocratic composition, in the person of the Judge, Dr. Carmela Pagano, pronounced the sentence against the Lazio haulier.
The man, according to the judge, is responsible for vehicular homicide, but the generic mitigating circumstances and the mitigating circumstance referred to in the art. were recognized in his favor. 589-bis paragraph 7 of the Criminal Code, under the regime of equivalence to the contested aggravating circumstance.
The 55-year-old was also sentenced to payment of court costs and the accessory administrative sanction of the was ordered against him suspension of driving license for a period of three years.
03/03/2020 – Tragic accident in Atena Lucana. Trial continues for the death of friends Petrone, Schettino and Cicchetti
