Mestre massacre, the Prosecutor's Office opens an investigation into multiple road homicides

Mestre massacre, the Prosecutor's Office opens an investigation into multiple road homicides.

It rises to 8 out of 21 total victims the number of people identified thus far among the passengers of the crashed bus from the Vempa overpass to Mestre.

According to what we learn from health sources, most of the victims are  young: a one and a half year old baby, a girl of about 11 years old, a girl of 28, two young men of 30, a 38 year old. As well as two women aged 65 and 70.

Among the first hypotheses of the accident, perhaps, an illness of the driver, a 40 year old Italian, He was also among the victims. But it cannot be ruled out that the driver may have been distracted while driving.

The Public Prosecutor's Office of Venice has opened an investigation for multiple road homicide. «There are currently no suspects – said the prosecutor Bruno Cherchi - while the guardrail, the bus fall area and the vehicle itself are seized". The Prosecutor's Office also acquired the black box of the bus.

Furthermore, in addition to the autopsy on the body of Alberto Rizzotto (the driver), the toxicological examinations and blood alcohol test. A necessary action that will serve to better clarify the dynamics.

The Prosecutor of Venice Bruno Cherchi, taking stock of the incident, added: «There are no signs of braking, nor contacts by other means". «There was no fire - he concluded - neither from a technical point of view nor was there a gas leak from the lithium batteries which caused fire and smoke".

Cherchi also explained that identifying the victims is complicated, for which DNA testing could be used.