Overview

• On May 24, a 66-year-old retired teacher from the Pouilles region was killed when a private bulldozer reversed into her on a Cervia beach during unauthorized work.
• Driver Lerry Gnoli, 54, did not notice the victim while using the bulldozer for unapproved clearing operations separate from the local lifeguard cooperative.
• Gnoli, who has a prior vehicular homicide conviction, faces an involuntary manslaughter probe but was freed without precautionary measures.
• Authorities have ruled out alcohol after a negative breath test and are awaiting saliva analysis to check for possible drug use.
• Cervia’s mayor and Emilia-Romagna’s president have condemned the unprecedented presence of the unauthorized vehicle on the busy Adriatic shore.