A former Godoy Cruz footballer who hit and killed a teenager in Mendoza has been given a three-year suspended prison sentence

A former footballer of the club Godoy Cruz was sentenced to three years’ suspended prison sentence and seven years’ 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 admitted his guilt in an abbreviated procedure and was sentenced by the Highway Prosecutor’s Office to three years’ imprisonment with suspension of the sentence for the crime of “aggravated manslaughter for driving while intoxicated”at the expense of Luna Celeste Cangemi.

He was also banned from driving any type of vehicle for seven years, as stipulated in the sentence imposed.

Pizarro, who played one Copa Libertadores match in Godoy Cruz, in 2017 against the Sport Boys, and six in the Super League, was convicted of a car accident. it occurred in the early morning hours of July 14, 2019while he was driving his Ford Fiesta and once he reached the intersection between Italia and Tiburcio Benegas de Godoy Cruz streets collided with a motorbikeZanella 110cc, on which three young people were travelling.

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

Investigators in the case ascertained the mechanics of the accident and Pizarro was given a breathalyzer test, which showed 0.90 grams of alcohol in his blood, exceeding the 0.50 allowed by provincial law. At that time he wasn’t training with the first team due to an injury.

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

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

The midfielder continued his professional activity in Santiago del Estero, playing in the Güemes of the First National teamwaiting for the trial date.

And it was decided to resolve the trial in an abbreviated trial, in which the footballer accepted his guilt and received a three-year suspended prison sentence, for which will remain freeand a seven-year driving ban, judiciary spokesmen said.