Maurizio Caffaro
Maurizio Caffaro is a municipal councillor of Luserna San Giovanni, in Val Pellice. He came to the attention of the local press for stepping in, as a private citizen, to help a person in difficulty on the street in November 2026.
The intervention of 9 November 2026
On the evening of Monday 9 November 2026, around 8:30pm, Caffaro was returning home when he noticed a man lying on the asphalt of via Primo Maggio, near a kebab shop in the centre of Luserna San Giovanni. Also on the scene, by chance, was the mayor of Villar Pellice, Luca Bonjour. The two, equipped with a torch, diverted traffic to prevent the man, who was semi-conscious and lying across the lane, from being hit by passing cars. [1]
In his account to journalists, Caffaro described the scene, explaining that the man "occupied the whole lane with his body" and that "he probably would have been run over" without the intervention of those present. Traffic management was later taken over by the fire brigade, who arrived on the scene by chance, while the man who had been helped was taken to hospital by ambulance. [1]
The episode followed, by just a few days, a similar incident on Friday 30 October 2026, also on via Primo Maggio, when another man lying on the roadway at the entrance to the town had been helped by a Croce Verde volunteer, with a resident directing traffic while waiting for the ambulance. [1] Commenting on the sequence of episodes, Caffaro noted that "in this period similar events are happening too often," also citing the intervention of two ambulances the day before for a young man in a confused state on the same street, and that of the Carabinieri in the green area of corso Matteotti for a man in a state of agitation. [1]
Sources
- Sdraiati sull'asfalto nella notte, due episodi in pochi giorni a Luserna San Giovanni — TorinoOggi, 11 November 2026