A spokesman for the local prosecutor's office in Forli told CNN about the details of the case. He said that the emergency service where the young man worked became suspicious after four patients transported in his ambulance died between February and November 2025.
How many people could the suspected ambulance driver have killed?
What actions did the ambulance service take?
Has the driver been arrested?
How does the suspect's defense attorney react?
“The ambulance service, working with the Carabinieri, installed a hidden camera and recording devices in the back of the vehicle. At the end of the same month, the fifth patient, an 85-year-old woman, died during transport from a heart hospital to a rehabilitation center,” CNN reports.
Ambulance driver suspected. “He's shocked”
The ambulance driver, whose name has not been officially released and who has not been arrested, was part of a two-person team that took turns driving the ambulance and assisting transported patients.
The man's defense attorney said her client had been suspended from his duties. — He's shocked by what's happening. He emphasizes his innocence in the case that turned his life upside down. He made himself available to the court because he has nothing to hide, said Gloria Parigi.
According to investigators, all deaths occurred during transport or shortly after, while the suspect was in the back of an ambulance with patients.
