The alleged hit-and-run driver who, on Friday evening in Mondragone, hit and killed 16-year-old Luigi Petrella, who was riding his scooter, with his car, has been identified and stopped.
This is Pietro Cascarino, 53 years old, a criminal and believed to be close to the La Torre Camorra clan. The man was tracked down by the police in Perugia and arrested on charges of road homicide.
The impact occurred along a road in the municipality on the Caserta coast: according to what was reconstructed by investigators, Cascarino allegedly hit the Honda scooter on which the man was travelling with his car. ragazzo.
After the impact, the 16-year-old ended up violently against a lamppost, suffering very serious injuries. He was rushed to the Pineta Grande Hospital from Castel Volturno, died shortly after being admitted to hospital.
The investor immediately fled, disappearing without a trace. The video surveillance images of the area and the testimonies collected by the Carabinieri of the territorial unit of Mondragone were decisive in identifying him. Cascarino, brother of Giovanni Cascarino – former member of the clan and now a collaborator of justice – was stopped hundreds of kilometers away, in Umbria, where he had taken refuge.
The investigations continue to clarify any aggravated responsibilities and to ascertain whether Cascarino received assistance in his escape.
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The article talks about a very serious and sad fact, something like this should never happen. The young man's life was brutally cut short and I wonder how a man can do something like this, without thinking about the consequences.