Overview
- Octav (Octay) Stroici, 66, died at Policlinico Umberto I after being rescued roughly 10–11 hours after the first collapse inside the medieval tower near the Fori Imperiali.
- Two failures occurred about an hour apart, with the second collapse striking during rescue operations; four of roughly eleven workers on site were injured and one firefighter was treated for eye irritation.
- The Rome prosecutor’s office opened a case for negligent disaster and related offenses, led by prosecutor Mario Dovinola with deputies Antonino Di Maio and Giovanni Conzo, and ordered a technical appraisal of the site.
- Carabinieri units and labor inspectors have sealed the area, halted works, and are interviewing workers, project staff and company leaders to reconstruct the dynamics and verify safety compliance.
- The Sovrintendenza says pre-work structural tests had deemed the structure suitable, while investigators are examining potential factors including internal scaffolding or hoist issues, design errors, delayed intervention, environmental degradation and recent seismic activity; the project totals €6.9 million under the Caput Mundi PNRR, with a first €400,000 tranche begun in June 2025.