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December 23, 2019 The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a file for road murder in relation to the death of the two 16-year-old girls who were hit and killed by a car around one in the morning in Rome in Corso Francia, near via Flaminia Vecchia.
The two teenagers, Gaia and Camilla, were crossing the expressway when they were run over and killed. Driving the car, a Renault, a 20-year-old boy, Pietro Genovese, son of the director Paolo. The young man stopped to help them and was then subjected to alcohol and drug tests.
The young man driving the car would have tested positive for alcohol and toxicological tests. It is learned from local police sources. As reported, only further tests, the results of which will arrive in the next few days, will be able to establish the parameters and the level of substances found.
Investigations are underway to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the incident. At the time of the accident the asphalt was wet with rain.
The 118 health workers, once they arrived at the crash site, could not help but note the death of the two girls. On site for the patrols of the II Parioli Group of the local police. It seems that the girls were returning home to the Fleming district after spending the evening at Ponte Milvio, one of the busiest nightlife areas in the capital.
The car involved in the accident and the cell phone of the 20-year-old driving was seized. Checks will be carried out to check whether the young man was on the phone at the time of impact. The images of the video surveillance cameras of the area are being examined by the agents of the local police of Rome Capital. The agents are listening to witnesses to try to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the accident. It looks like the girls were running across the street, hand in hand.
Bunches of flowers were placed on Corso Francia, in the place where the two 16-year-olds were hit and killed. The roses have been placed under the overpass of Via Flaminia Vecchia. At the crash site also some friends of the minors.
Witness: first braking, then kicking in the air
"I witnessed the accident. It's a scene I'll never forget." This was said by a boy who returned to the place where the two 16-year-old girls in Rome were hit last night. "They were in the middle of the road, Gaia turned to Camilla and then that car arrived - he remembers - there was very strong braking and the impact that threw them; the car went on. Then other cars arrived. , I think at least three have hit them ". On the dynamics of the accident, investigations are still underway by the local police who are listening to some witnesses. At the moment, however, it would seem that there is a single vehicle involved, driven by the twenty-year-old Pietro Genovese.
Mother Camilla: we had many projects
"We had made a lot of plans with Camilla. It's not fair. It shouldn't have been like this." This was said by Camilla's mother, one of the sixteen-year-olds who died last night in Rome, to those who had the opportunity to meet her after the accident. Camilla's father and sister as well as Gaia's parents, who was an only child, also went to the place in the night. "It was the father, who was forced into a wheelchair due to a car accident, who recognized his daughter", says a friend of Gaia.
Director: unbearable pain
"The pain for Gaia and Camilla and for their parents is unbearable. We are a broken family, it is an immense tragedy that we will carry inside us forever" is the statement to Ansa by director Paolo Genovese whose son Pietro, 20 years old, has hit by killing two 16-year-old girls last night in Rome.
Rays: deep pain, driving responsibly
"Deep pain for the tragic death of two girls, hit this night in Corso Francia. Rome clings to the families affected by this tragedy. It is unacceptable to die like this. responsible way is a must. " Thus the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, in a twitter.