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A wealthy businessman who posted how grateful he was for another chance at life after walking away unharmed from an accident that destroyed his Porsche has been killed two weeks later in a high-powered motorbike crash.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
Gerardo Marcantuono died after his motorbike collided with a car at Battipaglia, near Salerno in southern Italy, on 26th September.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
The building-sector entrepreneur, who lived in nearby Eboli, was riding alone on athehigh-powered bike when the crash happened at around 4pm on a northbound slip road linking to the A2 motorway.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
Gerardo was thrown from the bike after the collision and suffered fatal injuries.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
Emergency crews went to the scene but were unable to save him.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
The driver of the car, described in local reports as a young woman from the area, was not injured.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
Police are investigating exactly how the collision happened and whether either vehicle made a sudden manoeuvre before the impact.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo. He died in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo. (Harrisons)
The Salerno prosecutor’s office has ordered a post-mortem examination.
Gerardo Marcantuono poses in undated photo, after the crash with a Porsche car he miraculously survived.. He died several weeks later in an accident in Battipaglia, italy. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Harrisons)
The crash came only two weeks after Gerardo survived another serious road accident in his black Porsche.
Video shows the vehicle destroyed two weeks before the fatal crash, undated. Marcantuono had miraculously escaped unharmed after a serious accident in his black Porsche, which was completely destroyed. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Harrisons)
Pictures and footage posted to his Instagram account showed the badly wrecked car after the earlier collision.
Gerardo wrote afterwards: “Only you and I know our story. You gave me another chance and the possibility of hugging the people I love again.
“You did everything you could to keep me unharmed and for that I will be grateful to you for life.”
Friends and relatives have since flooded social media with tributes describing Gerardo as “a golden boy” who was “always smiling”.
(Harrisons)
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