San Vendemiano, red roses on white coffins: farewell to Jessica and Sara

At the parish oratory the farewell to the two cousins, who died on the A28 on January 30 due to a hijacker. A thousand people for the last hug

SAN VENDEMIANO. The tolling of the bell in an unreal silence, then the songs to dissolve the tension and emotion. Today in the field of the parish oratory of San Vendemiano the funeral of Jessica Fragasso, a student of Ca ‘Foscari, twenty years old from Mareno, and of her cousin Sara Rizzotto, 26, of Conegliano. The two young women had been killed in the accident of 30 January on the A28, in the Pordenone area, their car was violently hit by a hit-and-run. An entrepreneur of Bulgarian origin who drove drunk and didn’t stop to help, and is now under house arrest in Pordenone.

Sara’s two girls, now in hospital in Conegliano, were also injured. In recent days, Jessica’s parents have renewed the appeal to the Head of State for the investor to return to prison. The president of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, was also present today at the ceremony.