Overview
- Pausini posted, “Ciao zio. Tu sai. Io. Riposa in pace. Ti voglio bene,” a week after the 2 November crash near Bologna.
- A laic funeral was held on 8 November at the Pantheon of Bologna’s Certosa cemetery, which Pausini did not attend.
- Her father Fabrizio and sister Silvia were present despite a prior social post from the victim’s daughter asking relatives not to come.
- Police say a 29-year-old driver later surrendered, was denounced and remains at liberty after asking the family for forgiveness.
- The victim, Ettore Pausini, 78, was an avid cyclist who had overcome cancer and volunteered with the Onconauti association.