FORLì – The extremely violent impact against a road sign and then a light pole. The motorbike, a Ducati Monster, which breaks in half. On Friday afternoon in Villanova di Forlì he lost his life Nicolò Ulivi27 years old, photographer and basketball enthusiast, and son of Albertina Zuccherellicandidate for the Forlì municipal council in the June elections with the civic list of Gian Luca Zattini.
The drama took place before the eyes of a friend of Ulivi, who was following him a short distance away. The first to try to help the young man were a volunteer from the fire brigade and an Elcas ambulance, which were passing along the Via Emilia, then the arrival of the rescuers, who tried for a long time to resuscitate him.
The Pallacanestro Forlì club mourns him: “He was not just a basketball enthusiast and as a young player of the Forlì youth team, he combined his two greatest passions, that of basketball and photography, by hitting the Palafiera parquet with his camera around his neck and recounting, with his sensitivity, the deeds of the red and whites”.
But politics also stops, rallying around Albertina Zuccherelli and Deris Ulivi: the two challengers to the mayor’s seat, the outgoing Gian Luca Zattini (centre-right) and Graziano Rinaldini (centre-left): electoral initiatives and public debates are suspended until Monday. “Nicolò was an extraordinary boy, good, kind, a hard worker, a point of reference for the entire basketball community and the company he was part of. An example of rectitude and civic sense for all the people who knew him” , wrote Mayor Zattini. “In this moment of great pain I join the family, Albertina Zuccherelli and Deris Ulivi, her friends, her loved ones and the Romiti community for the terrible loss that has struck them and which has profoundly shaken our city. This is for all of us the hour of silence and reflection in the memory of Nicolò and his young life”, is Rinaldini’s message. Condolences also from the Democratic Party and the PCI.
