Anger and grief over the premature death of Pietro Mastino , the 55-year-old carabiniere who was the victim of the terrible accident on provincial road 19. The soldier served in Alghero for approximately thirty years and everyone in the city knew him because for a long time he was the “neighborhood carabiniere” of the historic center .
Lately he was busy in the operations center. It was his voice that those who needed help heard on the other end of the phone. "Once - his colleagues report - he was able to foil the attempted suicide of a boy thanks to his strong empathy . A person always available - they add - with a strong artistic streak, because he could sing very well and he also painted ".
Orphaned by his father, with an elderly mother and a younger brother, both residents of Montresta, Pietro Mastino was not married, but had been living with his partner for several years. "He was going to work when he had the accident - his friends say - he was supposed to start his shift at seven. When we didn't see him arrive we got worried". The crash occurred near the Quadriflor company, when the carabiniere's Seat Ibiza met, in its own lane, the Fiat Panda driven by a 34-year-old from Sassari who was traveling in the opposite direction . Perhaps a moment of sleep was the cause of the tragedy.
The 34-year-old was arrested for road homicide. Initially admitted to the Civil Hospital of Alghero, with various fractures and bruises, he was then transferred to Sassari, to the Santissima Annunziata. He is now under guard.
