Overview
- Ferraro, an 85-year-old architect and author of the Atlante storico di Napoli, was struck by a scooter Monday evening on Corso Vittorio Emanuele and died in hospital early Tuesday.
- The crash happened near civic number 532, minutes after he left a nearby gallery event, according to local reports.
- The scooter was driven by a young woman, reported as either 20 or 27, who was injured, while police seized the vehicle, withdrew her license, and ordered alcohol and drug tests.
- Witnesses and Deputy Francesco Emilio Borrelli alleged an ambulance delay of about 30 minutes, prompting fresh calls for faster medical response and better street safety.
- Polizia Locale conducted technical surveys to reconstruct the collision, and authorities placed the body at judicial disposal for a possible autopsy, as Naples also reels from a separate fatal crash on Corso Garibaldi.