Paolo Romanini died following a motorcycle accident. It is mourning in the world of Italian Ballistics.
Cremona, 28.10.2011: Paolo Romanini, 57, the greatest Italian ballistic expert originally from Parola di Fontanellato, died yesterday evening following an accident in Pieve San Giacomo, in the province of Cremona, where his motorcycle was collided with a car.
According to the first reconstructions, Paolo Romanini, around 19,30 pm yesterday, was riding his motorcycle along a provincial road when he collided with a car driven by a 42-year-old foreign citizen of Indian origin.
Following the findings of the Casalmaggiore Traffic Police, it seems that the collision took place in the same direction of travel, with the car turning left. The ballistics expert was taken to the Cremona hospital, but would have died about three and a half hours after the accident.
Considered by many to be the greatest Italian weapons expert, Paolo Romanini acted as a consultant to the judiciary for ballistic expertise of all kinds. He had dealt with important cases such as the murder of Marta Russo, the student killed at the La Sapienza University of Rome, the death of Carlo Giuliani and the Calabresi murder.
The news of Romanini's death was greeted with dismay in Parola di Fontanellato where his father manages the renowned and homonymous Trattoria.
The whole Passion Hunting Community, together with the Italian Hunters we represent, joins the deep sorrow for the death of dear friend Paolo Romanini.
The Editors,
Pierfilippo Meloni