Italian tourist jailed after being found guilty over A96 crash that killed five people
dailyrecord.co.ukAn Italian tourist who was extradited to Scotland was jailed today after he was convicted of causing the deaths of five people, including his oldest son, in a horrific road crash.
Alfredo Ciociola was driving a Fiat minibus when he collided with a Nissan SUV on the wrong side of the road at the Drummuir junction on the A96 near Keith in Morayshire.His son Lorenzo, 4, died in the carnage along with a rear passenger in his vehicle Maltese Frances Saliba (63).
Her husband Francesco Patane was seriously injured along with Ciociola's wife Concetta, who was also in the back with her children.
His younger son Frederico, then aged three, escaped with minor injuries.The driver of the other car Morag Smith, 44, was also severely injured and her three passengers Edward Reid, known as Ted ,63,, Evalyn Collie ,69, and Audrey Appleby ,70, died following the crash as they returned home from a line dancing session in Elgin, in Moray.Ciociola, 50, an officer with the Italian Coast guard, who was also injured, had denied causing the deaths by driving dangerously on the A96 on July 26 in 2018.A jury convicted him of the lesser offence of causing the deaths by careless driving and deleted allegations that he had fallen asleep and repeatedly braked from the charge.
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