There would be "human error" at the origin of the tragedy that took place in L'Aquila , in via Primo Maggio, where a car downhill broke down the fence of an asylum , killing a child playing in the garden and injuring five others.

From what emerged from the interrogation of the driver , who was on his way to pick up her two children at the school in via Primo Maggio, the "gear" of the car - a Passat - would have been "inadvertently removed" , causing it to fall on the kindergarten.

The woman also reiterated what she said yesterday, that she had tried to brake the car with her hands, without succeeding .

The 12-year- old son remained in the cockpit , who would have thrown himself out when the car started to move. "My son warned me shouting: mom! ", The woman in tears would have said to the judges.

The face to face between the woman and the investigators lasted about an hour and a half , present the deputy prosecutor Stefano Gallo, the defender Stefano Valentini, the investigators of the Flying Squad, and the head of the L'Aquila prosecutor Michele Renzo.

According to what is leaked from the reconstruction of the facts, the woman also risked being run over by the car "and only in the end I had to dodge", she said.

"I remember - he added - when I parked that I engaged the first gear, but not the handbrake" . The eldest son would then "inadvertently" take off the gear.

In some moments it was a dramatic interrogation , during which she said she was "desperate" , together with the whole family for the pain caused by the death of little Tommaso and the wounding of the other five children.

The 38-year-old is under investigation for street murder .

(Unioneonline / lf)

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