Overview
- Aniello Scarpati, 47, died at the scene after a BMW X4 struck a police patrol car on viale Europa; colleague Ciro Cozzolino, 38, remains hospitalized in serious condition with a pelvic fracture.
- Police arrested 28-year-old Tommaso Severino roughly 12 hours after the crash at Ospedale Maresca, where tests detected cocaine; some reports also cite alcohol.
- Severino faces charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to render aid, with potential liability under review for two other adults and three minors who left the scene.
- Investigators say the rented SUV was traveling at very high speed, crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on, sending the patrol car down a slope near the rail area.
- The Torre Annunziata prosecutor’s office, Naples Squadra Mobile and Polizia Stradale are reconstructing the crash using camera footage and rental documents as national leaders expressed condolences and the city prepared civic mourning.