Pozzuoli – A €42 fine for damage to traffic lights, a streetlight, and the handrail of the Lucrino tunnel. This is the fine issued to the uncle of Augusto Di Meo, the 18-year-old who died eleven days ago in a tragic traffic accident while riding a Kymco AK 550 motorcycle.
Two officers from the Pozzuoli Municipal Police delivered it to him when they showed up at the restaurant-pizzeria of the man who owned the vehicle involved in the crash.
This act sparked outrage and outrage among the young victim's family. "It's a shameful decision, it shows no respect," Augusto Di Meo Sr., the boy's uncle and the recipient of the fine, told Il Mattina.
And then he added: "The Municipality of Pozzuoli is thinking about money while we mourn a boy who died at 18. It's absurd that ten days after the accident, the administration is bothering to notify a fine for the damages caused by my nephew's death."
The report drawn up pursuant to Article 15 of the Highway Code
The report, drawn up pursuant to Article 15 of the Highway Code, alleges damage to "a street lamp, vertical stop and mandatory signs, and the handrail of the Montenuovo tunnel parapet."
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The tragic accident dates back to eleven days ago: Augusto Di Meo, driving the motorbike, had collided with a Fiat 500 driven by a 66-year-old municipal police officer from Qualiano.
The impact was extremely violent: the boy was thrown from his bike, flying more than fifty meters before landing on the tunnel's access ramp. The motorcycle, out of control, knocked down road signs and part of the handrail, damage now attributed to the owner of the vehicle.
"A devastated family receives a fine as if it were just any other act," Di Meo added. "It's unacceptable that in a moment of such profound grief, someone can act with such cold, bureaucratic indifference. We expected respect and support, not a formal notice."
The affair has shaken public opinion and reopened the debate on the boundary between formal legality and institutional sensitivity.
Comments (1)
It's very sad that at a time like this, the police decided to fine the motorcycle owner instead of showing sympathy. Bureaucracy shouldn't prevail over the grief of the family who lost a young man.