After the announcement the same morning by the public prosecutor for the opening of judicial information, the information was expected. Following his presentation in front of an instructor magistrate this Friday, August 1, Antoine Pagano was indicted for “involuntary injuries which led to a total incapacity for work greater than 3 months”. The 70-year-old man, retired from La Poste, led the little train whose last wagon turned into the roundabout of Santa Lina, the Sanguinaires route in Ajaccio, on July 31, while he was turning around the city. According to the latest count of prosecutor Nicolas Septe, the accident made 18 injured, including 5 in absolute emergency, still hospitalized to mercy.
Me Savelli: “My client cannot be explained what happened but his major concern is the health of the victims”
Contacted, Me Joseph Savelli, who defends the interests of Antoine Pagano, said that his client “cannot be explained what happened”. “My client has been driving the little train for 10 years, he is used to taking this circuit and he does not understand what happened.” But, adds Me Savelli, “His major concern today is the health of victims”.
The small train offers two circuits to visit Ajaccio, a short that turns around at the cemetery roundabout and a long to the Parata.
Thursday, before the accident, “The course of my client was planned to the cemetery but as he continued his path a little beyond, he decided to go to turn to the roundabout of Santa Lina”specifies the lawyer. He recalls that “No administrative breach has been noted”the driver with his driving licenses in good standing and that blood alcohol and drug tests have returned negative.
