The arrest was validated and the precautionary measure was terminated. The thirty-four-year-old from Olmedo accused of road homicide, once released from the hospital (he is in emergency therapy with multiple fractures and a lung injury), will therefore be able to return to freedom, at least until the trial. The man must answer for the death of Pietro Mastino, the 55-year-old carabiniere, the victim of the accident that occurred last Sunday on provincial road 19 , between Alghero and Olmedo , when the thirty-four-year-old's Fiat Panda invaded the lane at 125 km/h just as the soldier's Seat Ibiza was passing by, on his way to the barracks.
The investigating judge of the Court of Sassari, Sergio De Luca, confirmed the arrest this morning, but rejected the request of the Public Prosecutor Angelo Beccu for the precautionary measure of house arrest . The defense lawyer, Luca Barrocu, and the lawyer of the Mastino family, Stefano Carboni, were present. This afternoon the funeral chapel for Pietro Mastino, at the hospital of Sassari. The Arma will organize an honor guard. The funeral, however, will be tomorrow.