Hi,

this is a true story just happened in Italy, I hope it qualifies for the D.A.

In short: Alessandro Pieraccini, a 23 yrs old roman guy, was caught cheating on his girlfriend. She dumped him immediately, but he didn't give up.

As a peculiar proof of love, he went to the nearest gas station, filled up a tank of fuel, went back to his now-ex-girlfriend place and set his own beloved car on fire, reportedly to show her that nothing was more important to him than their relationship.

Too bad he managed to accidentally soak himself in fuel too, thus becoming a human torch the very moment his car was engulfed in flames.

He died today, due to severe burns sustained.

Here you can find some press coverage (they're all in italian, sorry for that).

http://montesacro.romatoday.it/tufello/alessandro-pieraccini-morto-ustioni.html

http://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizie/cronaca/11_gennaio_21/ventenne-brucia-auto-fidamzata-morto-181302495959.shtml

Have a nice day and keep up the good work! :-)

Claudio.

Submitted on 01/21/2011

Submitted by: Claudio Cartia
Reference: All major italian newspapers, 01/21/2011

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Bruce said:
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He torched his car over his girlfriend after he cheated on her, and didn't even realize he had soaked himself with fuel to boot? Sounds like a pretty grand bit of stupidity to me! Thanks, Claudio!

Candi said:
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