Overview

• Recovery teams located and identified the body of a 10-year-old Macedonian girl in the Piave River after she was swept under by a sudden current on June 30.
• Simona Vanessa Szilagyi, aged 8, lost her life at Santa Chiara water park in Rende and an autopsy has been ordered to determine whether an underlying illness or safety failure was to blame.
• In Pacengo, a 2-year-old boy was resuscitated from a private pool by emergency medical teams and is currently in critical condition in a pediatric intensive care unit.
• Investigations by the Cosenza Prosecutor’s Office and Carabinieri are examining emergency response procedures and possible negligence across recent incidents.
• These incidents follow earlier tragedies including a 4-year-old’s death in a Brescia public pool and a lifeguard’s suicide, highlighting persistent hazards in Italy’s summer water venues.