They were returning from Palermo after an evening spent in a pub. They had had a few too many cocktails. They finished the journey home, towards San Giuseppe Jato, on a guardrail. A very violent impact in Palermo Sciacca near Giacalone which gave no escape to a 16 month old baby Abd Rahim Gharsallah and his 20 year old aunt Selma El Mouakit. They were sitting in front of the Fiat Punto. The girl had the baby in her arms.
The impact pushed them out of the windshield. The first responders found them outside the cockpit. The child’s mother, Miriam Janale, 23 years old, is driving. Initial tests showed that his blood alcohol level was higher than normal. The carabinieri of the Monreale company are awaiting the precise data. His condition is very serious. She is admitted to the Civic hospital and has a reserved prognosis. In the back seat another pregnant girl Chiara Irmanà.
She is the only one who arrived at the hospital under yellow code. She was the only one who said anything about the terrible night she had just spent. Who had been in Palermo to spend Saturday evening. A long night. Then the accident around a quarter to 4. “San Giuseppe Jato is a town in mourning after the news of the terrible accident last night”. Mayor Giuseppe Siviglia is truly shaken by the news that immediately spread throughout the town.
“The girls’ family is an integrated family. The grandparents arrived in town 40 years ago. The grandmother of the girls who ended up in hospital has always been a domestic worker. A decent person like his grandfather who works in the markets. They are all well known in the town and respected – adds the mayor – They are well liked by everyone and have bonded with many in the town. We’re trying to understand what happened. Where they were returning from. It’s truly a sad time for our country.”
A bloody Sunday in the Sicilian streets. In the Messina area, a sixteen-year-old on board his Honda Sh 125 scooter died in a fatal accident that occurred in Via Mangiavacca, the road that leads from Archi to the Milazzo Park (Me). The young man, who was on his way to work in a place in Milazzo, lost control of the vehicle for reasons yet to be ascertained, crashing into a tree. An impact that caused him very serious trauma. Transported to hospital by ambulance dl 118 he died a few minutes after arriving at the emergency room.
