Tragedy on the beach of S'Archittu, in Cuglieri, where this evening a 67-year-old Milanese tourist fell ill and died on the coast a few steps from the sea.

Despite the help for the man – Tiziano Mattavelli – there was nothing to be done.

The alarm went off in the evening: after the tourist came out of the water, it seems he fell ill, he collapsed on the sand and immediately other swimmers tried to rescue him. In the meantime, the intervention of 118 was requested but, despite the attempts of health workers, there was nothing they could do for the man. From the first investigations it seems that Mattavelli was struck down by a heart attack.

The carabinieri of the Cuglieri station also intervened on the spot.

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