A road rage motorist has been jailed for nearly 10 years for crushing a man with a van - after previously killing another by careless driving. Francesco Ippolito, 37, used his Volkswagen Transporter to ram his victim against another vehicle - causing life changing injuries.
Ippolito was angered when his vehicle’s wing mirror made contact with another van. He got out to confront the other driver and two other men before driving at one them. He fled to Bristol before being arrested.
His victim, aged in his 30s, suffered fractures to both legs and a broken pelvis - and says it has ruined his life. Ippolito of Bleadon, Somerset, initially denied a charge of GBH but changed his plea to guilty two weeks before a trial.
