Wife accuses husband of running over her with truck leaving her
seriously injured
San Martin – The trial of a man accused of running over his wife with his truck begins in Santa Clara County Superior Court next week.
Alfred R. Digiandomenico, 39, of Vallejo, has remained in Santa Clara County Jail on $250,000 bail since he was transferred in late September from the Santa Rita Jail where he was being held for parole violations.
He faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon and intimidating a witness: his wife.
Though exactly what Digiandomenico did with his wife will be hashed out during the trial, the basic facts about what happened on Sept. 9 on Old Monterey Road near the El Toro Fire Station are described by a witness, the alleged victim and Digiandomenico.
According to police reports, Digiandomenico and his wife, Dianna, 44, were moving a portable building from near the fire station when they began arguing. Somehow, during the argument, as Digiandomenico drove away in a Ford F350, Dianna was knocked over or fell down and was run over resulting in injury to her hips, legs, lower abdomen and ribs.
As she lay in the road, Digiandomenico said he saw her in the rearview mirror and got out of the truck, running back to her, then returning to the truck to put it in park. He then ran to Dianna and attempted to move her into the truck to take her to the hospital, though she told him not to move her, according to testimony.
Digiandomenico said he lied to police initially because he “didn’t want to have contact” with them. He originally told police his wife was in the bed of the truck and fell out, according to reports.
Dianna stayed in a medically induced coma for several months; her recovery was expected to be slow and painful.
She was released from the hospital at the end of October. At that time, she told The Times the whole incident was “a tragic accident.” She said her husband was acting as they had agreed he would, when he gets angry and they argue: going away or driving away instead of hitting her.
Digiandomenico served 10 years in state prison on a domestic violence charge long before he met his wife; when they met in Missouri, Dianna said, he was on parole from theft charges.
Marilyn Dubil covers education and law enforcement for The Times. Reach her at (408) 779-4106 ext. 202 or at md****@mo*************.com.
