Overview
- Authorities say Stroppa, 32, was driving the Smart that hit Mirco Garofano, 18, on Jan. 31 along via Filippo Fiorentini in east Rome.
- He has been entered in the registro degli indagati for vehicular homicide, a formal step pending results of the technical assessments.
- Investigators seized CCTV, ordered analyses of the vehicle and traffic lights, and commissioned an autopsy to establish speed, signal status and the exact point of impact.
- Police report he stopped to call emergency services and was taken for routine tests; Garofano died at the scene despite resuscitation attempts.
- The victim’s father says Stroppa has not contacted the family with condolences, while a claim that he lacked an assigned security detail that night remains unverified.