It is as if nothing had happened after the tragedy in Salcano, near Gorizia. Nets broken in the park of Piuma to go for a swim
GORIZIA. Two young victims in less than a year. The accident that caused the death of an 11-year-old Slovenian child just across the border on Wednesday afternoon immediately brings to mind the similar one that took place last July 28, again in the waters of the Isonzo, always in front of the Salcano kayak stadium. . At the time, however, it was a flood wave that caused the drowning of a 10-year-old child, in this case it was a submerged object.
According to the report provided by the Nova Gorica police, the boy was swimming about a hundred meters downstream of the rapids with a life jacket and helmet when he got entangled in an unidentified wooden pillar that was below the surface. At that point the child tried to free himself, but the current was too strong and pushed him under the surface of the water. An instructor and a passer-by who were nearby arrived to help him, but their intervention was not enough to save his life. And the interventions, among others, by divers from the fire brigade and hospital health workers were not enough. The resuscitation attempt by a doctor was unsuccessful.
The criminal police of Nova Gorica are now investigating the episode and at the kayak stadium, where a European Junior Cup slalom race is scheduled for the weekend, there is not much desire to talk and the training continues as if nothing had happened .
As far as it was possible to reconstruct this time, the young victim knew the river. While the boy who drowned last year was a guest of his grandparents for the summer holidays, the 11-year-old who died on Wednesday practiced kayaking in Nova Gorica and was taking a bath with his teammates at the time of the tragedy.
In the specific case, since the young victim wore both a helmet and a life jacket, we can perhaps speak of tragic fatality, but, after what happened last summer, a debate has developed in Nova Gorica on the danger represented by the waves. floods following the release of water from the hydroelectric plant.
In just 20 minutes the river level can rise dangerously. The firefighters of Gorizia and Monfalcone are well aware of this and are often called to intervene to help those who get stuck on the gravel islets of the Isonzo. Despite the signs positioned along the river, both in Italy and in Slovenia, many continue to ignore the warnings and tempt fate