The tourist from Northern Italy is hospitalized in Olbia in very serious conditions who around 13 today was the victim of a terrible accident that took place in Abbatoggia, in La Maddalena.
The 62-year-old man, after sunbathing on the beach, moved with his niece, a little girl, to the shade of a ridge to read a book. The little girl, according to the investigations by the Carabinieri, climbed onto a teetering boulder which detached from the earthen wall, overwhelming the tourist . The man suffered a very serious abdominal trauma and was rescued by 118 personnel. After resuscitating him, the doctors arranged for the patient to be transferred by helicopter to Olbia.
The tourist underwent urgent surgery and his condition is said to be very serious . The Carabinieri intervened on the spot together with the personnel of the Coast Guard and the Fire Brigade. The little girl was on holiday with her grandfather and was entrusted to social services.
