Patrick and Ythan, a reckless game could have caused the tragic collapse

The death of Patrick Zola and Ythan Romano , the two teenagers who tragically died in the collapse of a dilapidated house in Nuoro , may have been caused by reckless gambling .

This is what the expert Aldo Mauri, appointed by the investigating judge of Nuoro, will have to try to establish. He will have to examine whether the conduct of the boys, who according to the investigators were throwing stones against a wall and a pillar of the building, contributed to the collapse of the attic that crushed them.

This is the news that emerges from the investigation launched after the tragedy that shook the city last year , during Easter Monday evening.

On April 1, 2024, Patrick and Ythan, the two boys aged 15 and 14, had gone with a friend to play in a farmhouse that had been abandoned for years, in the San Domenico Savio neighborhood. The house, in a state of total abandonment and unsafe, was certainly not a safe place, and it collapsed, trapping the two teenagers under the debris , with the third raising the alarm.

The heirs of the property, 14 in total, are being investigated for liability for the building , but the cause of the collapse remains at the centre of the investigation.