Overview
- Octay Stroici died at Umberto I hospital after being freed roughly 11 hours after the cave-in by a rescue involving about 140 firefighters.
- The first failure hit the southern central buttress and part of the sloped footing, followed by a second collapse that damaged the stairwell and roof slab.
- Eleven workers were on site; four were injured, including one hospitalized with a head trauma, and a firefighter was treated for eye irritation.
- Rome prosecutors opened a case for negligent disaster and injuries, assigning it to Mario Dovinola with deputies Antonino Di Maio and Giovanni Conzo, and ordered technical assessments.
- Authorities are weighing scenarios that include faulty internal scaffolding or a goods lift, inadequate design choices, or intervention coming too late, even as the city’s heritage office says pre-work tests certified static suitability.