Who was Russian Sunday, the teacher who died in the clash between the school bus and a truck

Russian Sunday It was sitting in the first rows, next to the driver, when The bus violently buffered a truck Within a Gallery in the Pedemontana, in the stretch of Lomazzo, in the province of Como. So the 43 -year -old teacher, originally from Naples and residing in Sesto Calende, in Varesottowho accompanied his students on an educational trip.

He traveled with his pupils returning from a trip to the Grandate Toy Horse Museum. On board the bus, in addition to her, there were 27 children and another teacher: none of the children suffered serious injuries. The driver, a 60 -year -old man, was transported to hospital in yellow code. Unharmed the truck driver involved in the rear -end, in which four other vehicles were also involved.

The accident occurred around 4 pm. The images of the surveillance cameras show the bus that cannot brake and crash against the truck. The impact raised a cloud of dust that reduced the visibility of the other motorists.

At the time of the accident, the school group was traveling on two buses hired by the school. The parents gathered in the afternoon in the square in Cazzago Brabbia, waiting for news, e Many have directly reached the hospitals where children were transported for investigations. “They were frightened, cried, ran to the parents,” said a witness.

On Sunday Russo taught the Pascoli primary school in Cazzago Brabbia. It had recently arrived, but had already entered the hearts of colleagues, parents and above all of children. Leave a partner and a daughter. Those who knew her remember her as a sunny, empathetic person, full of life. “A smile that brought joy and sympathy,” they write on Facebook. A friend says: «They could spend months and drinking a coffee at the bar as if we had never lost sight of it, also deleting divergences that sometimes we had as a dog and cat … interminable coffee where the countless vicissitudes were vented that this life in the north reserved for us. I loved you more than a sister ».

The pain of family members also joined the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti, who said: «I express emotion and pain for the accident that involved the school group of the Pascoli complex of Cazzago Brabbia, my school as a child. A tragedy for our small town where we all know each other. My condolences to the family of the deceased teacher and my closeness to all the teachers and families of the little schoolchildren ».

In a note, the national coordinator of the teachers’ guild, Vito Carlo Castellana, also invites a reflection: «In front of a tragedy like that which occurred on the foothills, where a teacher lost their lives and many children were injured, we can only express our suffering, but but We have a duty to reflect for a death at work that should not happen And on everything that are educational trips for teachers. They are a gesture of love for their students, because we teachers well know the risks we run, without any protection and with many responsibilities, but Our students always come first of all, before the salary and often before the familyare our life. This is how I want to think of this tragedy, a teacher who died at work for a great gesture of love towards his pupils and towards school ».