The Anglo-German entrepreneur Dean Kronsbein
died of a severe spinal injury
and severe chest trauma as a result of a violent ground impact, and not of a heart attack as first ascertained.
This is the result of the autopsy - anticipated by the Sardinian newspapers and confirmed to ANSA by the lawyers of the two captains under investigation - carried out on the body of the victim of the nautical accident in Costa Smeralda, by the coroner appointed by the Tempio Pausania prosecutor, Matteo Nioi , which ended late yesterday evening.
In the meantime, the Tempio Pausania Public Prosecutor's Office, which coordinates the investigations into the accident that took place in the Gulf of Pevero last Sunday, has ordered further investigations.
Next Wednesday, a technical consultant should be appointed to reconstruct the dynamics of the accident and to investigate the seized on-board instrumentation.
The captains of the two boats, both under investigation for manslaughter and injuries, have opposite versions of the dynamics of the accident
.
Luigi Cortese, driving the Sweet Dragon motorboat, owned by the Berlusconi family, and defended by the lawyer Fabio Varone, claims to have pulled over to starboard as required by international regulations and to have reversed the gear of the engines to avoid colliding with the yacht "Amore" by Kronsbein.
Mario Lallone, who was at the controls of "Amore", defended by Egidio Caredda, told the investigators that he had to suddenly turn to avoid the collision with the Sweet Dragon, a thesis that was also confirmed by the victim's family.
