Father and son aged 60 and 25, originally from Sri Lanka, drowned in the afternoon in the Trebbia river, in the province of Piacenza. They were spending the hot summer day with the family by the river, in the Perino area: at one point the son dived into the water but, having never resurfaced, the father also jumped in to look for him. Sadly both drowned.

The alarm was triggered around 4.30 pm when two bathers disappeared in the water. The firefighters from Bobbio and also the team of divers airlifted from Bologna with the "Drago" firefighters rushed to the scene: it was the latter who pulled the two victims out of the waters of the Trebbia. The carabinieri of Rivergaro and the 118 health workers of Bobbio are also in place.

The drama occurred at a point where the river makes a leap and strong currents are created at the point of its fall.

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)

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