L’worker involved in the accident at port of Genoa where it is died the colleague Giovanni Battista Macciu there is no peace. “I was tiredI had a falling asleep because of theoverwork“. As for the positivity to cannabisthe man admitted using it a few days before the tragedy but only, he explained through his lawyer, because he couldn’t sleep.
Worker tested positive for cannabis but not impaired
The 46-year-old driving the fifth wheel involved in the accident, a sort of tractor for port activities, tested positive for cannabinoids, but non was in state of alteration.
The man also turned out negative all’alcohol test. Further tests will be carried out in the coming days. The investigations then ruled out that the man was on the phone at the time of the impact.
In the frames taken from a surveillance video, the moments of the fatal accident at the port of Genoa
The U-turn is being investigated
The tragedy occurred around 3 in the morning on Wednesday 18 December 2024. The 52-year-old Macvò was died instantlywhile the colleague driving the heavy vehicle was seriously injured and was transported under code red to the San Martino hospital, where he was found to have head trauma and a spinal trauma. Immediately after the tragedy the unions called a strike.
The investigators’ investigations focus, among other things, on the maneuver a U carried out by the fifth wheel. A defined maneuver “anomalous”.
According to what is shown by the videos of the cameras present in the area, the fifth wheel, after the U-turn, instead of going straight, swerved and ended up against another stationary vehicle crushing Giovanni Battista Macvò who was on the ground, and who was checking a container.
The investigators also acquired the case documentation relating to the service status of man, as well as on periodic checks of theprofessional suitability.
The Genoa Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into manslaughter and not for road homicide, since within the port area the highway code does not apply, but other regulations.
Who was Giovanni Battista Macvò
The 54-year-old Macvò was originally from Castiglione Chiavaresea small town on the outskirts of Genoa. He leaves behind a wife and a 20-year-old son.
“A good person, a great person”, defines him by the Morandi Bridge Victims’ Relatives Committee, which recalls how Macvò was close to the battles carried out since the day after the collapse of the structure. So he reports GenovaToday.
First Channel writes that Macvò also had the license from taxi driver and for almost 10 years, until 2016, he had worked in Bogliasco.
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