«I survived, I don’t know how. I was centered in the back seat: the bodies of my friends protected me.” These are the first words with which Leonardo Chiapparelli, the only survivor of the crash in via Nomentana in Rome, recalled those terrible moments. Father Giuseppe a republicto. Together with lifelong friends, those with whom he had grown up in Fonte Nuova, in Rome, Leonardo had gone out to celebrate the birthday of Flavia, 17, one of the five victims of the crash. With them were Valerio Di Paolo, driving the car, Alessio Guerrieri and Simone Ramazzotti, the latter two were cousins, who were between 21 and 22 years old, Giulia Sclavo, 17 years old like Flavia Troisi. They all died instantly.
“A Russian roulette. Why me?”, Leonardo asks his father Giuseppe, from whom he learned the news. It was he who had to inform him that his friends are gone and he is the only one who is well, at least physically. “The first reports were frightening. We ran here, luckily our puppy is safe» said a family friend. «We were able to greet him, but without disturbing him too much because he needs to rest. They told him soon he will be out. The others didn’t make it, my goodness what a tragedy ».
According to the first reconstruction made by the Carabinieri, the Cinquecento was going towards Rome and overturned, probably because the driver lost control, to be ascertained if due to the high speed. She ended up against a light pole, she would have also hit a tree and a planter. The prosecutor’s office of Tivoli has opened a case for vehicular homicide, for now the investigation is the responsibility of unknown persons.
«Leonardo is alive, but tonight I lost five children», comments father Giuseppe. “Because they all grew up together. They loved each other, they were like brothers. They often stayed with us. I can not think of the pain of the parents. You can’t die like this.”
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Source: Vanity Fair
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