It will be the autopsy ordered by the Prosecutor's Office to establish whether Pasquale Piras fell ill while he was driving his truck, which ended up in the sea in the area of the construction site inside the quay of the Port of Cagliari, next to Giorgino.
The sixty-year-old from Maracalagonis died without being able to get out of the cab of his vehicle: he was a very experienced hauler for this reason many exclude the possibility of an error during a maneuver.
THE RECONSTRUCTION - The tragedy happened around 10:30 . Piras has reached, as usual, access to the construction site next to the small beach of the Fishing Village. He reached the area where he would have had to unload stones and boulders, necessary for the construction of one of the docks in what will become the shipbuilding district, a contract from the Port Authority with works carried out by the contractor RCM of Sarno. The vehicle, in reverse , faced the usual descent then slowly headed towards the sea, ending up in it. This is the first reconstruction of the Police and the Spresal, working to understand what happened. There would be no skid marks . For this reason, in addition to human error, illness or mechanical failure are also highly regarded by specialists.
Piras, a lifetime driving trucks and heavy vehicles, an employee of a trucking company in Assemini, was unable to get out of the cabin of the 4-axle truck. Once in the water he died. Help was useless. The body was recovered by fire brigade divers.
The agents of the Flying Squad and the Forensics, the Spresal experts, were also on site.
Shortly after the tragedy , the president of the Port Authority, Massimo Deiana , reached the dock under construction. Then the great pain and despair when the truck driver's relatives arrived.