Overview
- The collision occurred on December 11 near Ponte delle Tavole in Pantano di Pignola and involved a Renault Clio and a Jeep Renegade.
- Father Giulio Nappi, 51, died at the scene, and his son Francesco, 9, was airlifted to Potenza’s San Carlo hospital and died on December 13 after two days in intensive care.
- On December 14 surgical teams at San Carlo performed a multiorgan retrieval, with organs allocated to pediatric and young adult patients and reported as helping four children.
- Hospital director Giuseppe Spera and Basilicata president Vito Bardi praised the mother’s decision, and Pignola’s mayor Antonio De Luca voiced the community’s grief as local events were postponed.
- Police and emergency teams carried out on-site measurements to reconstruct the crash, and the other driver was slightly injured and alerted first responders.