Giuseppe Bianco, 65, brother-in-law of the mayor of Ivrea. Friends: “A brilliant but extremely reserved person”
IVREA. There is something frighteningly dramatic, deeply painful and romantic at the same time in the death of Giuseppe Bianco, 65, a small entrepreneur specializing in the positioning and repair of antennas, resident in the city, in via Miniere. The man died not for a car accident, as had been hypothesized in the first minutes after the tragedy, but for a heart attack and he, feeling the pain in his chest growing and his strength failing, was asking for help from the person he loved most. world, his wife, Maria Elena. Who heard him expire live.
«They were a very close and close-knit couple – tell the friends today, sincerely saddened – they shared the daily life of lovers, moments of joy and difficulties. They loved to surround themselves with good company, to live together small adventures marked by a sober and reserved life but colored by their love for each other in a profound and special way “.
The tragedy occurred on Monday 14 June 2021 on the Pedemontana, between Samone and Ivrea, just a few tens of meters from the entrance to the A5 Turin-Aosta motorway
Giuseppe Bianco, brother-in-law of the mayor of Ivrea Stefano Sertoli, one of the first to arrive on the spot, had warned that something was wrong. It was directed by a client who had asked him for advice from an expert aerialist.
But that chest discomfort started to turn into pain, wheezing. Then the phone call to Maria Elena Regazzi: «I’m coming back, wait for me. Then we decide together whether to go to the hospital ». The forces abandoned him, his hands left their grip on the steering wheel of his Fiat Qubo which invaded the opposite lane ending up in the ditch at the side of the roadway.
“It didn’t skid – said a witness – the van took an unthinkable trajectory, at low speed, as if the driver had suddenly fallen asleep”. All the drivers who followed the Qubo or who had it in front of them managed to brake in time. The emergency call was timely, as was the timely arrival of the 118 medical team but it was all in vain: the cardiac arrest left no way out for the 65-year-old, who remained in the driver’s seat, with the seat belt fastened and the left arm at the side and head tilted to the opposite side.
Torn by grief, his wife Maria Elena leaned on Giuseppe’s sister, Domenica and her brother, Gianfranco, the historical signature of the Sentinel (he signed his pieces as Cichineto).
There will be no funeral mass but this morning, Wednesday 16 at 9.30. Don Luciano, parish priest of Banchette, will hold a short ceremony in memory of Giuseppe Bianco in the house in via Miniere 51, then the body will be buried in Borriana (Biella) in the family tomb of his wife Maria Elena because “I want Giuseppe next to me , forever »said her companion through tears.
“We are not at all surprised by the reserve that has been given to this tragic death – said a couple of friends who will accompany Giuseppe on his last earthly journey to Borriana – who knewa, indeed, anyone who knows Giuseppe knows that despite being a brilliant person he had made privacy a way of life ».