After two head surgeries and more than three weeks in intensive care, actor Davide Iacopini, who was pushed from a minivan while riding a scooter in early October in Rome's Monteverde neighborhood, is in improved condition. The 42-year-old has regained consciousness and spoken with doctors and family. After 23 days, he has left the intensive care unit at San Camillo Hospital. "The patient's condition has improved in recent days," Dr. Emiliano Cingolani, director of the Shock and Trauma Intensive Care Unit, announced in a medical bulletin. "He is alert and no longer requires intensive care." The prognosis has therefore been lifted and the actor has been transferred to the Neurosurgery Unit, where "he will continue his treatment and rehabilitation."
Since the evening of October 5th, when he lost consciousness after crashing into a parked car after being pushed while riding his scooter, Iacopini underwent two head surgeries, then gradually reduced his sedation until he finally awoke. For several days, the Carabinieri and local police worked to put a face and name to the two young men aboard the black car, who had also committed five other assaults in that area of the capital in the space of 48 hours.
The turning point came in the early afternoon of October 13th when a tip-off to investigators indicated the presence on the road of a vehicle very similar to the one they had been hunting for over ten days: a black minicar with a red cobra sticker on one window.
The investigative lead proved crucial: the minicar parked on one of the roads between Testaccio and Monteverde was the one used by a 17-year-old, the son of a Carabiniere, and a 16-year-old friend to carry out the attacks between October 4th and 5th. The two minors, accused of acting as the driver and passenger of the vehicle, respectively, have been investigated for attempted murder and assault. Their case was also led to the testimony of the mechanic who "modified" the car, known in jargon as tuning with LEDs and stickers. That night, the two boys were taken to the police station for questioning in the presence of the prosecutor, and confessed. The documents were then forwarded to the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office, and on October 20th, they were interviewed for three hours by the juvenile prosecutor, where they both answered questions.
(Unioneonline)