Lamezia Terme, 12/05/2010
The appointment with death for seven Sunday cyclists arrive in Calabria at 11 on a cold morning on the strip of asphalt road 18 that leads from Lamezia Terme to Gizzeria Lido, in the Catanzaro area. A Mercedes falls the group and causes havoc. To drive the car a young Moroccan who was immediately arrested, Chafik Elketani, 21, drugged and without a license because 'he had been retired seven months ago for a risky overtaking.
You break so ', and always, passion for cycling with a group of friends on a straight line over a mile in an area between the fields and the sea. On the ground were seven dead bodies. A massacre. The victims are Rosario Perri, 55, Francesco Stranges (51); Pottin Vinicius (47), John Cannon (58), Pasquale De Luca (35), Fortunato Bernardi and Domenico Palace, which you do not know the age ' . They were all in Lamezia Terme.
They left at around 8 am, as did on Sundays and holidays, and from time to time, on their way to Amantea, in Cosenza, or to Vibo Valentia. Among the dead cyclists there are two lawyers, palace and Stranges, while a third lawyer, Fabio Davoli and 'injured. De Fazio was the owner of a computer store and a gym Fortunato Bernardi, while Poppin, Perry and Cannon were mechanical. The young man driving the car
investor reported no serious injuries. At his side, by car, there is' the grandson of ten years, unharmed. According to the reconstruction made by the investigators, the driver of the Mercedes at the time of the accident, was carrying out an overtaking maneuver. The Mercedes, traveling at speed 'high, has crossed front of the group of cyclists who were traveling in the opposite direction, and had no time to brake.
The impact of the car with a group of bicyclists and 'revealed terrifying. One of the cyclists' was thrown a few tens of meters. Elketani and 'in Italy with a residence permit, and resides with his family to Gizzeria (Catanzaro) occupied by a large colony of North Africans engaged in street trading. The young and 'was arrested by city police and the carabinieri of Lamezia Terme on charges of multiple manslaughter aggravated by driving while impaired by drugs.
After the first treatment, and Elketani 'was transferred to the clinical center of the prison of Catanzaro. Were some motorists move to raise the alarm. For the first responders of the Cross are white and 'presented a doomsday scenario: dead bodies scattered all over the carriageway and the car against investing over a wall that runs along the highway.
Within minutes came all available ambulances and air ambulance, which transported the injured to hospitals in Cosenza and Catanzaro. A few minutes later, at the place, came the relatives of victims who have given themselves over to scenes of despair. Petrified faces, tears, any hint of protest. Of all, that of an elderly gentleman who, with his wife nearby, trying microphones and notepads. "It 's not possible - he told reporters - to be tolerant with those who come here from who knows' where you think you can do what he pleases. "
STAFF COMMENT::::
I only hope that common sense will prevail and tried to blame NOT ALL NON-
