Four deaths in three days. Bloody weekend on the streets of Rome. A dramatic finances. Between Friday and Sunday, a 30-year-old man on Via del Mare, a 24-year-old boy in Monteverde and two pedestrians misplaced their lives. Francesco Messineo e Stefano Cicconi. The first two had been driving their two-wheeled automobiles. Proof that the roads stay harmful for pedestrians, scooter riders and motorcyclists.
There will likely be 58 deaths on the roads of the capital and province in 2024. A provisional demise toll that doesn’t embrace the injured who later died in hospitals. Ten folks affected have died because the starting of the yr.
The final one, earlier than Messineo and Cicconi, had been Luca Forcas, the 37-year-old physician hit and killed by a drunk man behind the wheel in by way of Pinciana. However, there have been 9 deadly accidents within the month of May alone. A finances that’s more and more worsening contemplating the 4 tragedies of the final weekend
Bloody Sunday
There had been two victims on Sunday morning. The first, in chronological order, at 3 within the morning within the Monteverde space. A 24 yr outdated boy driving his Peugeot Geopolis when he skidded at road quantity 45 Gianiconelse ring street after which ends the race in opposition to a tree. He was taken to hospital and died shortly afterwards.
At 9 am on May 25, nonetheless, a 30-year-old man misplaced his life on Via del Mare. She was on his Yamaha motorcycle when he collided with a automobile. The affect close to Tor di Valle was deadly. The centaur he died immediately.
Cell cellphone seized
Investigations are underway into the 2 accidents to reconstruct the precise dynamics, simply because the native police are additionally working to make clear the 2 accidents that value the lives of two pedestrians between Friday and Saturday. Francesco Messineo died on the night of May 24 after being hit by a 19-year-old woman who was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Up. She was 65 years outdated. A 51-year-old Romanian citizen was additionally hit with him in Via Suor Maria Mazzarello, at road quantity 13.
The accident occurred at roughly 11pm. From Colleverde, Messineo it was within the Appio Tuscolano space in entrance of the pub. He had spent the night with some associates. Then a chat earlier than going dwelling. The younger lady behind the wheel of the UP, nonetheless, hit him and killed him in these circumstances.
The 19-year-old, who underwent an alcohol and drug take a look at, had her smartphone seized. The suspicion is that she was rushing an excessive amount of in that slender road and that she misplaced management of the automobile as a result of she was speaking or chatting. In the following few hours she could possibly be investigated for vehicular murder and accidents.
Stefano Cicconi killed by his spouse
Another tragedy occurred on Saturday afternoon, the one within the automobile park of the sanctuary in Via Laurentina. Stefano Cicconi, 73, died when he was hit by a Fiat 600 pushed by his 72-year-old spouse.
The firefighters needed to intervene to extract the sufferer. It will likely be needed to grasp whether or not Cicconi, who had gone to mass together with his spouse, first fell after which was run over or whether or not he was straight run over by the girl. Investigators are additionally analyzing any video surveillance cameras.
Bloody May
The month of May opened with the accident on Via Prenestina the place Alessio Passeri, a 26 yr outdated boy. The Citroen C1 he was driving went off the street, ending its journey in opposition to a site visitors gentle at quantity 82 of Viale di Torre Maura. Then the demise of Alessio Benvenuti, by Thursday 9 May.
Riding his Yamaha scooter, he collided with a Fiat 500 pushed by a 29-year-old. Benvenuti was 37 years outdated. The earlier day, a person was hit and killed on the by way of del Mare, on the Tor di Valle site visitors gentle. It was hit by a Volkswagen Transporter van touring in direction of Ostia.
Another pedestrian, a 20-year-old boy, died on Tuesday 7 May: Jacopo Cirillo, an off-campus scholar hit by a Renault Twingo alongside Via Casilina. At Ciampino, final May twelfth, Adriano Fatichenti he was crushed by his personal automobile in opposition to a wall. A tragedy that value the lifetime of a 78-year-old man. Nine deaths in 20 days, between May sixth and May twenty sixth. A bloodbath.