In 7 in a car, they flee to the police station and crash: 3 dead, all between 15 and 23 years old

Three dead and four injured is the tragic outcome of a road accident that took place this morning at the gates of Alessandria.

The victims are Lorenzo Pantuosco aged 23, Lorenzo Vancheri aged 21 and Denise Maspi aged 15 . All died on the spot: Vincenzo Parisi, 21, is in desperate conditions. Hospitalized in very serious conditions, he too was given up for dead because he had gone into cardiac arrest, the carabinieri explain. Then the turnaround.

The 22-year-old driver, not in danger of life, arrested for vehicular homicide and parked, and two other passengers are also hospitalized. The 22-year-old driver is an Italian born in Alessandria to parents of Moroccan origin

All seven of them were traveling in one car, a Peugeot 207 . Noticed as it proceeded irregularly in the town, the car did not stop at the carabinieri's halt, with the driver accelerating towards the suburbs and starting a chase .

In corso Acqui the carabinieri "lost sight" of the car, reporting it to the station. Meanwhile, the race of the runaway car continued and near the Cantalupo level crossing, the young driver lost control of the car, hit the guard rail and flew several meters, ending up in the courtyard of the house near the level crossing . The noise of the crash was very loud and was heard by residents of the area, shocked at the sight of the overturned car catching fire. There was also a large gas cylinder nearby.

Investigations are underway both to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the accident and the reason for the escape.

The seven had seen the two World Cup matches, Morocco-Portugal and France-England. “So they must have gone bowling and then come back again. We don't know what happened afterwards," says Simone Ballacchino, president and manager of the sports-recreational club of Alessandria, in via Pietro Nenni, in the Cristo Re district, the place of residence of the majority of the young protagonists of the accident, in a broken voice .

A mix of high speed, fog and a slippery road surface appear to be behind the crash.

The alcohol tests revealed a not very high level of alcohol on the driver but a sanction, the toxicological tests ruled out the use of drugs .

(Unioneonline/L)