A 55-year-old died in Sassari around 10.30pm under the Portici Crispo . While the performance of Othello was taking place not far away, in Piazza d'Italia, the man, a rather well-known entrepreneur in the area and originally from Bonorva, suddenly fell on the asphalt a stone's throw from the pizzeria .
" He was very red in the face - the witnesses report - and he wasn't breathing ." The 55-year-old was with his family among the many people who flocked to the center last night.
The emergency services of 118 and the local police, already present on site, were immediate. " They tried to resuscitate him for an hour but there was nothing they could do ." Mayor Giuseppe Mascia also came, among the spectators of the nearby performance, and remained on site for an hour. The man, covered with a sheet, was taken away around midnight.