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Fatal A1 Crash Kills Couple Returning From Daughter’s Graduation

Investigators have begun reconstructing the collision after a lorry struck the car near the diramazione Roma Sud, with law enforcement unions offering condolences to the bereaved family

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Overview

  • On June 27, a lorry collided head-on with the Cosmai–Firrao vehicle at kilometer 570 on the A1 motorway near Rome, killing Emanuele Cosmai, 57, and Patrizia Firrao, 58, on impact
  • Two passengers—one daughter and a Carabinieri colleague—were airlifted to hospital in critical condition following the crash
  • Adriana, the couple’s newly appointed Carabinieri maresciallo and witness to the impact, has become a focal point for support within the Carabinieri community
  • The regional Puglia secretariat of Unarma and the Conaippe guardie campestri union issued official condolences and wishes for the injured’s recovery alongside Mayor Angelantonio Angarano’s pledge of municipal support
  • Highway police and prosecutors have opened a formal inquiry into the dynamics of the front-end collision to determine its causes