A former soccer player from Godoy Cruz who ran over and killed a teenager in Mendoza was sentenced to three years in suspended prison

And former footballer of the Godoy Cruz club was sentenced to three years of suspended prison and seven years of disqualification from driving vehicles for the death of a teenager, which occurred in 2019, during a collision with a motorcycle in that town in the province of Mendoza.

This is Luciano Pizarro, 26 years old, who in an abbreviated trial accepted his guilt and was sentenced by the Traffic Prosecutor’s Office to a three-year suspended prison sentence for the crime of “aggravated manslaughter by driving under the influence of alcohol”to the detriment of Luna Celeste Cangemi.

In addition, he was disqualified from driving all types of vehicles for seven years, as agreed in the sentence imposed.

Pizarro, who played one Copa Libertadores match in Godoy Cruz, in 2017 against Sport Boys, and six in the Super League, was convicted of a road accident. occurred in the early morning hours of July 14, 2019when he was driving his Ford Fiesta and upon reaching the intersection of Italia and Tiburcio Benegas de Godoy Cruz streets collided with a motorcycleZanella 110cc, in which three young people were traveling.

As a result of the crash, Celeste Cangemi, 17, died at the scenewhile the driver of the motorcycle, the only one wearing a helmet, and the other passenger, suffered minor injuries.

The investigators of the case determined the mechanics of the incident and a breathalyzer test was performed on Pizarro, which showed 0.90 grams of alcohol in his blood, exceeding the 0.50 allowed by provincial law. At that time, he was not training with the first team due to an injury.

With these and other expertise, the Transit prosecutor, Fernando Giunta, charged the footballer with the crime of “aggravated manslaughter” and a bail was set to regain his freedom.

Among the evidence, the court had images from security cameras in the area where the motorcycle was seen traveling at high speed, while Pizarro was driving normally at the time of impact.

The midfielder continued with his professional activity in Santiago del Estero, militating in Güemes of the First Nationalawaiting the date for his trial.

And it was agreed to settle the process in an abbreviated trial, where the footballer accepted his guilt and received a three-year suspended prison sentence, for which will remain freeand disqualification from driving for seven years, the judicial spokespersons stated.

With information from Télam.