Overview
- Police executed seizures at ATM’s headquarters, collecting vehicle records and communications between the Line 9 tram and the control room.
- The 60-year-old driver has been placed under investigation for suspected railway disaster, negligent homicide and negligent injury, and will be heard by prosecutors.
- Prosecutors are analyzing black-box logs, onboard camera footage and the driver’s phone and tabular data, with autopsies ordered and a cinematic reconstruction to be commissioned.
- The inquiry is centered on the timing and activation of the dead-man safety system to determine if a medical episode, a technical failure or both led to the derailment.
- Two passengers, Ferdinando Favia and Abdoul Karim Tourè, died and around 50 people were injured; the driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs and reported a sudden illness.