The accident occurred on a two-way highway when the car with the youngsters invaded the opposite lane, colliding with the vehicle in which the family was traveling, a small Smart brand car
The Italian Prosecutor’s Office has decreed this Friday the house arrest for the youtuber Matteo Di Pietro, investigated by homicide for the deadly car accident that ended just a few days ago with the life of a five year old during the recording of a challenge for social networks.
The young influencer, 20 years old, was driving a Lamborghini through the streets of Rome to overcome the challenge of remaining uninterruptedly behind the wheel of the vehicle for 50 hours when it crashed into a family car in which the mother of the deceased and the three-year-old sister were also traveling, seriously injured by the collision.
Di Pietro was traveling accompanied by four other young men known in the social networks for recording videos on board their luxury cars for a YouTube group, which has 600,000 subscribers and more than 152 million views since 2020.
Following the incident last Wednesday, The Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation against Di Pietro for homicide and injuries while investigating how the crash occurred and at what speed the luxurious was traveling SUV of the youtuber, who was driving down a street with a 30 km/h speed limitdetail the local media.
The accident occurred on a two-way highway when the car with the youngsters invaded the opposite lane, colliding with the vehicle in which the family was traveling, a small Smart brand car.
The little boy died shortly after in the Grassi hospital emergency room, where he was taken by ambulance, while his mother and sister had to be admitted with a reserved prognosis. at the Sant’Eugenio hospital.
The Italian Police quickly seized the phones of the young people to analyze the content of the images they recorded during the challenge and clarify the exact circumstances of the collision.
Although the four passengers of the SUV are part of the same group of youtubers, for the moment, the Prosecutor’s Office does not consider them to be participants in the homicide and they are treated as witnesses.