Pizza business owner pleads guilty in head-on crash injuring woman

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

A pop-up pizza business owner pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving after a head-on collision that left a woman with serious injuries.

Salvio Marongiu, 31, veered into oncoming traffic on Sir Alfred Munnings Road near the Longwater Retail Park in Costessey on 16 June last year. His Volvo collided head-on with a Nissan driven by Abigail Wright, who was carrying her partner and two children aged eight and six. Norwich Magistrates' Court heard Wright had sustained serious injuries in the collision, including fractures to her arm and wrist that required extensive surgery. She told police the other vehicle 'happened so quickly I had no time to react'. In a statement read in court, she said her injuries were still affecting her daily life and she remained uncertain whether she would regain full use of her arm.

Marongiu, a self-employed Italian who runs Salvio's Pizza from a converted horsebox, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving. A roadside breath test after the crash recorded a reading of 50, above the legal limit of 35. However, prosecutor John Cooper said the Crown could not prove Marongiu was over the limit, only that he had alcohol in his system. Magistrates were told Marongiu, who had been on his way to play football at the time, had been unable to explain what distracted him before the crash. He was also taken to hospital following the collision, sustaining a broken nose.

How it is being reported

• Pop-up pizza boss failed breath test after seriously injuring woman in head-on crashSalvio Marongiu veered into on-coming traffic on Sir Alfred Munnings Road near the Longwater Retail Park in Costessey.Norwich Evening News · 20 Oct, 16:45
• Pop-up pizza boss failed breath test after seriously injuring woman in head-on crashSalvio Marongiu veered into on-coming traffic on Sir Alfred Munnings Road near the Longwater Retail Park in Costessey.Eastern Daily Press · 20 Oct, 16:45

In this story: Salvio Marongiu · Abigail Wright · Norwich Magistrates' Court · Costessey · Sir Alfred Munnings Road

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