Girl rushed to avoid wasting dying man earlier than realising it was her husband

A former nurse rushed to assist a dying pensioner after he was hit by a falling visitors gentle column solely to understand it was her husband, a courtroom has heard.

Roseangela Varone, 51, was strolling residence from her native Sainsbury’s when she witnessed the accident and raced over to assist, not realizing the sufferer was her husband 69-year-old Luigi.

Mr Varone was ready on a visitors island 50 yards from their residence when the deadly accident was allegedly brought on by Mourad El Maddioudi, 35, who shunted one other car in his Smart automobile.

The Ford Focus pushed by Faaris Sangal mounted the visitors island on Battersea Park Road, bringing down the visitors gentle onto Mr Varone. The retired British Gas engineer died from his head accidents after the incident on January 11 2020, Southwark Crown Court heard.

El Maddioudi denies inflicting loss of life by careless driving.

Hamish Common, prosecuting, informed the courtroom the incident on Saturday January 11, 2020, at 9.05pm concerned two black automobiles, a Ford Focus pushed by Faaris Sangal, and a Smart ForTwo automobile pushed by Mourad El Maddioui, which, he mentioned “were being driven in opposite directions along Battersea Park Road in southwest London.”

He mentioned: “At the junction with Falcon Road, Mr El Maddioui turned his Smart car right, heading into Falcon Road, closely behind an Audi across the opposing carriageway and into the path of Mr Sangal, who was proceeding straight over the junction and as such had priority.

“Mr Sangal was travelling at about 35mph in a 30mph zone. At this point, the two cars collided. The collision deviated Mr Sangal’s Ford Focus from its path into a pedestrian island.

“The Ford Focus collided with a pedestrian traffic signal which in turn struck a pedestrian standing on the pavement, Luigi Varone, killing him.

Mr Common said the issue for the trial is Mr El Maddioui’s standard of driving.

He said: “The prosecution case is essentially that Mr El Maddioui should not have followed the Audi so closely which reduced his ability to see oncoming traffic.

“He should not have crossed the opposing lane without checking for oncoming traffic. The fact that he did was a cause of Mr Varone’s death that was more than minimal.

“Roseangela Varone was Mr Varone’s wife. They were to be going to a restaurant in Fulham later in the evening.

“She was returning to the flat from the local Sainsbury’s when she heard a loud bang and saw two cars had collided, hitting a traffic light which in turn had hit a man.

“She went to help as she used to be a nurse. She then realised it was her husband.”

Mr Varone was pronounced lifeless on the scene. He had suffered a ‘devastating harm’ to the right-hand aspect of the pinnacle, the courtroom heard.

Giving proof Philip Jeffries mentioned: “I saw a car go through the light, which was green. It skidded and swerved to avoid the car. It hit the island, hit the post, and hit the guy on the head.”

Pathologist Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl mentioned Mr Varone’s accidents have been “wholly consistent” with a strike from the visitors gentle column which resulted in a “major skull fracture and brain injury”.

He mentioned: “In my opinion this was a non-salvageable head injury and I note that CCTV shows no evidence of movement following this collision.”

El Maddioudi, of Philpot Square, Fulham, denies inflicting loss of life by careless driving.

The trial continues.