A passerby called for help after seeing the boy gasping in the street and asking for help. Shortly afterwards he died: he had swallowed some drug-containing ova.
Tragedy today in Rome, in via Manfredonia, at Quarticciolo. A 27-year-old boy died on the street, most likely due to the ingestion of some drug-containing eggs which then opened inside his stomach. According to initial information, the young man had been stopped shortly before by some police officers Financial Police between via Manfredonia and via Ostuni for a routine check. The boy had shown himself to be cooperative and calm during the search, which had a negative outcome. He had smoked a cigarette and chatted with the soldiers, who saw him calm and did not expect it to be him because he had ingested some eggs, and was therefore sure that the check would show nothing. After a while, however, once the yellow flames moved away, he began to feel ill and ask for help.
A passer-by called the police after seeing the young man gasping for help in the street. However, while the officers went to the scene, the 27-year-old died. There was nothing that could be done for him, the 118 operators were unable to do anything other than confirm his death. Any attempt at resuscitation was useless, death came in a very short time from the ingestion of the eggs. The body of the young man, whose identity has not been disclosed, is now available to the judicial authorities, awaiting an autopsy, in order to clarify the precise causes of death.
The young man, who has no criminal record, had been stopped for a check near a drug dealer, but the Guardia di Finanza soldiers had found nothing and had moved away. After a few minutes, death.
