Was hit on the head by a wooden plank that fell from the roof of an 8-storey building due to strong winds. A 28-year-old is hospitalized in serious condition following the accident that occurred in an apartment building in Cinisello Balsamo, in the Milan area. The man was hit by the board uprooted from the temporary roof of the building, while he was inside the courtyard.
The accident in Cinisello Balsamo
The episode occurred on Tuesday 16 April in a municipal building in via Martiri Palestinesi, in the Sant’Eusebio district of the municipality of Cinisello Balsamo.
Hit directly by the wooden board, the 28-year-old was rescued by the 118 health personnel who intervened on the spot and transferred under code red to the emergency room of the Bassini hospital with a head trauma and facial trauma.
The municipality of Cinisello Balsamo where the accident occurred
The rescue
From what was reported by Corriere della Serawhen the 28-year-old was taken away in an ambulance he would have been conscious, but according to what was reported by the editorial staff of MilanoTodaythe man it would be life-threatening.
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The first to help the young man were his father and another resident, who freed him from the boards that had fallen on him. In helping his son, the 66-year-old allegedly got himself a back trauma and a leg, which required treatment at the San Gerando hospital in Monza.
The wooden plank flew from the roof due to the wind
A large part of the province of Milan and Brianza has been swept by the wind since Friday and, according to what has been reconstructed so far by the municipal police officers working on the episode, a gust would have caused the detachment of the roof coveringinstalled by a private company following damage due to a fire.
According to reports from some condominium owners, the construction site has been stopped for a few weeks and the material has been unprotected for months.
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