Overview

• The collision occurred on June 7 at about 17:45 when a Volkswagen van driven by a 40-year-old local man hit Gessica Vulpe and her 16-year-old friend at a pedestrian crossing, killing Gessica instantly.
• Her friend was airlifted in critical condition to Torrette regional hospital in Ancona with a serious head injury.
• The driver was admitted to the hospital in San Severino Marche suffering from shock as authorities collect evidence at the scene.
• Gessica, a first-year student at the Matteo Ricci Institute in Macerata, had just celebrated the end of the school year and played volleyball for Futura Volley Tolentino.
• Mayor Mauro Sclavi declared a citywide minute of silence and the community held a vigil at Palasport Chierici in her honor.