Naples, June 17, 2022 – A man from 29 years old was stopped because suspected of having hit three people with his van in two different places in the Neapolitan area. One of the victims, a 73-year-old man died in hospital, two other women are not in serious condition.
The suspect was taken to the Cercola Carabinieri barracks. The agents believe that he was the driver who hit a 40-year-old woman in a white Fiat Doblò van in via Verdi in Volla, then a 47-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man in the same street in Cercola, in Viale del Progresso.
Naples, van hits three people between Volla and Cercola
The three pedestrians hit were taken to the Hospital of the Sea in Naples, but the 73-year-old did not make it, he died in intensive care after undergoing a surgical operation. Shortly after the alarm, the carabinieri found the van in the De Gasperi district of Ponticelli, a district in the eastern part of Naples. Later they identified and intercepted the seriously suspected subject, a 29-year-old Neapolitan whose position is being examined, in agreement with the judicial authority. The agents are viewing some footage. One of these videos has already arrived on social networks.
In the video, with very strong and violent images, the van is filmed as it arrives at high speed, and swerves to overwhelm a woman who is walking along the road. Francesco Emilio Borrellithe green Europe regional councilor in Campania, posted the video on Twitter writing: “target shooting was done with innocent victims. The situation seems increasingly out of control “.