2024-02-22 17:00:00
RTL info was exclusively able to consult the expert report relating to the Strépy-Bracquegnies tragedy. A tragedy which left 6 victims. This 300-page report indicates that the driver was traveling at 105 km/h when he hit the first victims and that the tragedy might have been avoided.
On March 20, 2022, Paolo Falzone was at the origin of the Strépy-Bracquegnies drama. This Thursday, February 22, we were able to consult the very complete 300-page report on this affair. A duty of investigation requested by the courts to obtain precise and technical data relating to the unfolding of the facts. It also contains a photographic report, impressive and challenging photos taken shortly following the tragedy. It is in particular from the elements collected from this horror scene that the experts worked.
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Speed confirmed
Using scientific models and surveillance cameras, experts determined the average speed of the vehicle. As a reminder, the impact takes place between number 140 and number 162 rue des Canadiens. The expert report states that at number 100 the driver was traveling at 163 km/h, but he also drove faster. “During the collision, the vehicle had a residual speed of 105 km/h; it was initially driven at a speed of 174 km/h. This speed was 3.5 times higher than the maximum authorized speed.“, specifies the report.
Other important points are mentioned in the report. Particular attention has, in fact, been paid to braking and the driver’s reaction time. If the driver had immediately braked, instead of simply slowing down, the speed at the time of impact would have been 34 km/h instead of 105. Paolo Falzone would then have been able to stop his vehicle approximately 4 m following hitting the first pedestrian. .
Experts go further. According to them, the driver had a field of visibility extended to 190 meters.
The report also recalls that the procession was not supervised. Experts say the pedestrians participating in the rally were left to their own devices.
As a reminder, Paolo Falzone is wearing an electronic bracelet today. He was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter and involuntary battery in connection with a road accident and placed under arrest warrant. On August 22, 2022, the council chamber reclassified the facts as murder for one of the victims, Gille Frédéric d’Andrea. Six people lost their lives in the accident and around thirty others were injured.
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