Sondrio, 13 August 2020 – A killer wave that has broken three lives of as many tourists in Comabbio, in the Varese area, in holiday in the mountains in Valtellina. While a fourth, that of Five-year-old Leo is struggling in a hospital bed Pope John XXIII of Bergamo, to save himself. But obviously he doesn’t know that, in the tragedy of Chiareggio, in the upper Valmalenco, he lost both parents.
The small off-road vehicle driven by father Gianluca Pasqualone, 45 years old, originally from Rome, but long since transplanted to Lake Comabbio, it was invested by a franca that detached itself from the slopes of Val Nevasca, at the entrance to Chiareggio, a small holiday hamlet, at 1,500 meters, a place for those who love relaxation and peaceful walks in the open air, in the fir and pine woods, in the area of Chiesa in Valmalenco. The car, hit by earth, stones, mud, it fell into the underlying stream, a small stream, usually a stony ground or, at most, a stream.
“A storm a little stronger than usual was enough – explains Massimo Pedrotti, the historic owner of the restaurant-hotel” Tana del Grillo “and known artist for his successful performances on the stages of half of Italy with the inseparable accordion – to make flood the water and cause tragedy. At that point, the Val Nevasca, it is so called because the avalanche often falls in winter ».
But on that car, in addition to family members, a little girl was traveling too, whose family is linked to that of the victims, yesterday celebrated his tenth birthday. Her dad followed in another car, also partly affected by the landslide and ended up in the water. «Let me have to go down to rescue my little girl …», implored the fire brigade – once recovered from the torrent in flood – rescuers Davide Rizzi, 49, also a resident of Comabbio. Now, due to a serious chest trauma, he is hospitalized in the Manzoni hospital in Lecco, transported by one of the 4 helicopters that the Areu plant, directed by Claudio Mare, has been able to mobilize in record time to operate on the places of the tragedy.
«If in the next few hours it should rain again, it is not excluded that other material will descend from the slope. The safety of the area must be evaluated, ”said the geologist Maurizio Azzola. The provincial commander himself, Colonel Emanuele De Ciuceis, coordinated the first investigations by the carabinieri. And now the inevitable investigation which will be dealt with by the deputy Stefano Latorre, one of the most experienced magistrates of the Sondrio Prosecutor’s Office. Meanwhile, several tourists yesterday, after the drama, left the valley.
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