2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash

Road incident in Italy 2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash 28 July 2013 near Monteforte Irpino, Italy 40 8 Forty people were killed and another eight were injured in a bus crash near the town of Monteforte Irpino in Italy on 28 July 2013. Accident The bus was carrying pilgrims to their home from a visit to a Catholic shrine and fell nearly 100 m ft feet off a bridge east of Naples. The bus carried nearly 50 passengers.Death toll rises to 39 in Italy coach crash 29 July 2013 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/29/c_132582175.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130803114829/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/29/c_132582175.htm dead August 3, 2013 Xinhua News Agency 29 July 2013Italy coach crash: At least 37 dead near Avellino 28 July 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486086 BBC News 29 July 2013At least 36 pilgrims die in bus crash in southern Italy 28 July 2013 https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/28/world/europe/italy-bus-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 CNN 29 July 201336 people killed in Italy coach crash - rescue services 28 July 2013 http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_29/Thirty-people-killed-in-Italy-coach-crash-3463/ https://archive.today/20130728225231/http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_29/Thirty-people-killed-in-Italy-coach-crash-3463/ dead July 28, 2013 Voice of Russia 29 July 2013https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/italy-crash-kills-at-least-36-as-bus-runs-off-bridge-into-ravine.html Italy Crash Kills at Least 38 as Bus Plunges into Ravine Bloomberg.com 29 July 2013 Dynamics of the accident At about 19:40 a Volvo B12 Echo coach owned by the travel agency Mondo Travel, coming from Telese Terme and Pietrelcina, entered the A16 motorway via the RA9 motorway link in Benevento heading toward Naples and Pozzuoli. On board were 48 people (47 passengers and the driver, Ciro Lametta). During the journey, after passing the Avellino East and Avellino West toll booths, the bus began climbing in the territory of Monteforte Irpino when many passengers heard strange noises coming from inside the vehicle and alerted the driver, who nevertheless continued driving. After the Quattro Cupe tunnel in Monteforte Irpino, at about 20:30, a universal joint in the drive shaft broke, severing the braking system. At that point the bus became uncontrollable and could no longer brake in any way.https://www.corrierece.it/notizie-cronaca/2013/08/28/tragedia-monteforte-irpino-ciro-lametta.html Tragedia Monteforte Irpino. Ciro Lametta un eroe: dall'incidente probatorio sul bus emerge che l'autista ha fatto tutto il possibile per evitare il disastro. Aveva l'impianto frenante fuori uso. Redazione Corriere CE 28 August 2013 it 4 October 2023 The coach began swerving, striking several cars and commercial vehicles that were stuck in motorway traffic because of roadworks. It then collided with the guardrail of the Acqualonga viaduct. The driver attempted in every possible way to bring the vehicle back onto the roadway, but after striking other vehicles the bus hit the viaduct a second time. The outer Jersey barriers (which, after several inspections and court rulings, were later found to be unsafe) failed to withstand the impact of the bus, allowing it to fall from the viaduct more than 30 metres into the valley below.https://www.quotidianodelsud.it/campania/cronache/2016/07/28/video-a-tre-anni-dalla-strage-di-acqualonga-la-ricostruzione-dellincidente-da-parte-della-polizia VIDEO - A tre anni dalla strage di Acqualonga la ricostruzione dell'incidente da parte della polizia Il Quotidiano del Sud it 26 December 2024https://ilgiornalepopolare.it/dieci-anni-fa-la-tragedia-del-viadotto-di-acqualonga-40-le-vittime/ Dieci anni fa la tragedia del viadotto Acqualonga, 40 le vittime Enrica Tancioni POP - Il Giornale Popolare 28 July 2023 it 26 December 2024 Victims Thirty-eight bodies and ten injured people were extracted from the wreckage of the bus, including all the children who had been on board. Two of the injured later died from their wounds: Simona and Silvana Del Giudice (the youngest among the victims; the youngest died on 6 August at only 16 years of age) and Salvatore Di Bonito, aged 54, who died on 7 September.https://www.huffingtonpost.it/2013/08/06/tragedia-bus-muore-silvana-del-giudice-39-vittime_n_3712064.html Tragedia del bus, salgono a 39 le vittime (FOTO) HuffPost Italia 6 August 2013 it 18 February 2022https://www.today.it/cronaca/morto-salvatore-di-bonito-bus-avellino.html Strage del bus in Irpinia: le vittime salgono a 40 Today it 18 February 2022 The state funerals of the first 38 victims were held at the Pozzuoli sports arena on 31 July 2013 in the presence of the highest offices of the Italian state. The victims were: 2 yes Immacolata Ambrosio Anna Acquarulo, 64 Assunta Artiaco, 61 Gennaro Artiaco, 74 Carolina Basile, 58 Giovanni Basile, 53 Salvatore Bruno, 67 Luciano Caiazzo, 40 Mario Caiazzo, 54 Maria Carannante, 59 Raffaela Chiocca, 72 Giovanni Conte, 50 Maria Luisa Corsale, 63 Antonio Del Giudice, 50 Silvana Del Giudice, 22 Simona Del Giudice, 16 Teresa Delle Cave, 68 Salvatore Di Bonito, 54 Filomena Di Paolo, 50 Gennaro Esposito, 58 Agnese Illiano, 73 Barbara Illiano, 63 Olga Iodice, 72 Elisabetta Iuliano, 78 Ciro Lametta, 44He was the bus driver and the brother of Gennaro Lametta, the owner responsible for the vehicle.https://www.corrierece.it/notizie-cronaca/2013/07/30/vitulazio-lautista-del-pullman-finito.html Vitulazio. L'autista del pullman finito giù nella scarpata ad Avellino era originario della cittadina vitulatina. Redazione Corriere CE 30 July 2013 it 29 July 2025 Giuseppina Lucignano, 82 Anna Mirelli, 48 Irene Musto, 74 Procolo Paone, 84 Pasquale Parrella, 62 Anna Raiola, 83 Teresa Restivo, 32 Luigia Rocco Antonietta Rusciano, 48 Maria Rosaria Rusciano, 51 Maria Elisabetta Russo, 64 Alfonso Terracciano, 68 Salvatore Testa, 88 Vincenza Trincone, 49 Biagio Vallefuoco, 54 Verdicts First-instance verdict After five and a half years, in 2019 the court of Avellino delivered the first-instance verdicts for the 15 defendants involved in the Acqualonga viaduct crash trial.https://www.orticalab.it/Strage-Acqualonga-12-anni-a Strage Acqualonga: 12 anni a Lametta, proprietario del bus precipitato nel vuoto. Assolto Castellucci, Ad Autostrade. Orticalab it 4 January 2024 Mondo Travel company Gennaro Lametta: 12 years, confirmed as a conviction. Naples Motor Vehicle Authority Antonietta Ceriola: requested 9 years, sentenced to 8 years. Vittorio Saulino: requested 6 years and 6 months, later acquitted. Autostrade per l'Italia CEO Giovanni Castellucci: requested 10 years, initially acquitted (later sentenced by the Court of Cassation on 10 April 2025 to 6 years in prison). Section director Paolo Berti: requested 10 years, sentenced to 5 years and 6 months. Former general director Riccardo Mollo: requested 10 years, acquitted. Manager Michele Renzi: requested 10 years, sentenced to 5 years. Manager Nicola Spadavecchia: requested 10 years, sentenced to 6 years. Manager Bruno Gerardi: requested 10 years, sentenced to 5 years. Manager Michele Maietta: requested 10 years, acquitted. Manager Gianluca De Franceschi: requested 10 years, sentenced to 6 years. Manager Gianni Marrone: requested 10 years, sentenced to 5 years and 6 months. Manager Massimo Fornaci: requested 10 years, acquitted. Manager Marco Perna: requested 10 years, acquitted. Manager Antonio Sorrentino: requested 10 years, acquitted. Appeals and Court of Cassation In 2023, between July and September, the Avellino court delivered the appeal verdicts, confirming the sentences previously imposed and confirming the prison sentence for Gennaro Lametta. In detail, Giovanni Castellucci, former CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia, was sentenced to six years after having been acquitted at first instance. Other company executives, including Mollo, Fornaci, and Perna, also received six-year sentences. However, the sentences for Spadavecchia and Berti were reduced to five years, while Marrone, De Franceschi, and Gerardi were sentenced to three years each. The legal case concluded with the confirmation of all convictions by the Court of Cassation on 11 April 2025.https://ca-napoli.giustizia.it/it/paginadettaglio.page?contentId=CTM19766&modelId=55 Viadotto di Acqualonga: La Sentenza della Corte d’Appello di Napoli confermata dalla Corte di Cassazione The convictions concerned several executives of Autostrade per l'Italia, two officials of the Motorizzazione Civile of Naples, and especially Gennaro Lametta, considered the main person responsible for the failure to regularize the vehicle for road circulation.https://www.avellinotoday.it/cronaca/strage-acqualonga-emessa-sentenza-processo-d-appello.html Strage dell'Acqualonga: emessa la sentenza nel processo d'Appello AvellinoToday it 18 January 2024https://www.labtv.net/cronaca/2023/09/28/strage-di-acqualonga-in-appello-la-condanna-a-6-anni-dellex-ad-di-autostrade-castellucci/ Strage di Acqualonga, in Appello la condanna a 6 anni dell'ex ad di Autostrade Castellucci Lab TV 28 September 2023 it 18 January 2024https://www.giurisprudenzapenale.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/43872429.pdf La sentenza completa dell'anno 2025 in PDF Notes N See also List of traffic collisions (2000–present) References 40 54 37 N 14 40 21 E region:IT_type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki title Category:2013 in Italy Monteforte Irpino bus crash Category:Bus incidents in Italy Category:July 2013 in Italy Category:Province of Avellino Category:Road incidents in Italy Category:Disasters in Campania