Beheaded by the blades of the thresher, a farmer dies

Tragedy in the Pisan area, in Pontasserchio, where a 54-year-old farmer died, practically beheaded by the blades of a threshing machine.

The man's body was found yesterday evening, but the accident most likely happened earlier.

On the spot the fire brigade, who freed the body trapped in the machinery, and the carabinieri who set to work to reconstruct the dynamics of the tragedy.

The farmer, according to an initial reconstruction, crouched down to check if the machine had a breakdown or in any case another problem that prevented its correct functioning. And that's when it got sucked into the big thresher blades.

His body had deep wounds especially in the upper part, and he was substantially beheaded.

Tragic day yesterday, with six victims. Emanuele Zanin, 46, and Jagdeep Singh, 42, lost their lives at the Humanitas University of Pieve Emanuele, in the Milanese area, while loading a tank of liquid nitrogen. In Nichelino, in the hinterland of Turin, the owner of a mechanical workshop, 72-year-old Leonardo Perna, died falling from a 2-meter high scaffolding. Another worker who worked in the Lavor Metal company in Loreggia, Padua, lost his life after falling from a 5 meter scaffolding. A truck driver in Capaci (Palermo), Giuseppe Costantino, was overwhelmed by his truck.

(Unioneonline / L)