The Pordenone Court sentenced the 21-year-old American soldier, Julia Bravo, on duty at the USAF base in Aviano, to 2 years and 6 months in prison, who on 21 August 2022 hit and killed a 15-year-old boy who was on a runway Porcia cycle path.
The sentence was suspended.
She was not found to have the aggravating circumstance of driving while intoxicated as the blood alcohol test, which had given a positive result, was carried out on the driver more than two hours after the accident.
According to the reconstruction of the carabinieri, in the middle of the night the young woman accelerated near a roundabout, the presence of which she claimed she had not noticed due to the absence of lighting, and hit the 15-year-old, Giovanni Zanier, who was walking home with a friend who had remained behind. unharmed, after an evening at the disco.
In recent months, the compensation agreement was reached through USAF insurance which covers civil liability for American soldiers.
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