The State attorney's office in the
northeastern city of Udine has officially placed under
investigation three firefighters and a nurse who works for the
local 112 emergency service in connection with the deaths of
Patrizia Cormos, Bianca Doros and Cristian Molnar who drowned
due to the flooding of the Natisone river amid extreme weather
in May, chief prosecutor Massimo Lia confirmed to ANSA on
Monday.
The investigation focused on those who managed the emergency and
not on the personnel that operated on the ground, judicial
sources said.
None of the firefighters who intervened and tried to save the
young people's lives is under investigation, they said.
The three, aged between 20 and 25, got trapped on a small island
in the Natisone river when water levels suddenly rose up
following flash floods in the north-eastern Friuli Venezia
Giulia region.
A harrowing video of the friends holding each other in an
attempt to resist as the flow of water got more violent moved
the nation at the time.
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