The railing of the Mestre viaduct, from which edrop it sightseeing bus which had as its destination a nearby campsite, is too low, as it does not exceed a height of 1.5 meters, the Italian press writes today, referring to expert statements about the accident that claimed the lives of 21 people. “It resembles a simple wall,” said Massimo Fiorese, CEO of La Linea, the company that owned the bus.
At the same time, according to what is leaking from the public prosecutor’s investigation that began this morning, this tragic accident can be mainly due to two reasons: either the driver felt bad and lost control of the vehicle, or a vehicle in front blocked the roadessentially causing the tragic fall.
Of the 15 passengers injured, 8 are hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Two brothers who had arrived in Mestre from Germany with their parents were seriously injured, as well as a 4 year old girl from Ukraine. Between 21 people who lost their lives, unfortunately, there is also a newborn, reports APE-MPE.
Three days of mourning have been declared in the Venice region and flags are flying at half-mast, while a national mourning period is likely to be declared by the government in Rome. “Every possible effort will be made to ascertain the causes of this tragedy. But first of all we are on the side of the relatives of the victims”, said the Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Piandendozzi.
Source: News Beast
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