(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 17 - The pilot of a jet from the Italian
Air Force's Frecce Tricolori display team that crashed in the
area of Turin's Caselle airport on Saturday, killing a
five-year-old girl, has told his colleagues that he is
grief-stricken.
The jet crashed at the bottom of a runway and the resulting
blast involved a passing car carrying a family, according to
initial reports.
The 12-year-old brother of the girl, named Laura, is in
intensive care with burns and her parents were injured too.
"I'm profoundly pained," Mayor Oscar Del Do' told his
colleagues, sources said on Sunday.
"All I think about is little Laura".
The pilot survived after ejecting from the jet but also suffered
burns.
He is likely to be put under criminal investigation by
prosecutors.
This, however, is a formality necessary for investigators to run
a conduct a series of procedures to find out what happened and
does not imply that they think he is to blame, the sources said.
(ANSA).
Air Force pilot grief-stricken after girl dies in crash
Five-year-old killed after blast hits passing car
