Overview
- Giovanni Lopez, 47, lost consciousness during a family meal around 2:30 p.m. on December 24 in an apartment on via Foglizzo in the Borgo Nuovo neighborhood.
- Reports differ on the obstructing food, with newer coverage citing a piece of fruit or a mix of fruit and panettone after earlier accounts pointed to panettone alone.
- Family members attempted to clear his airway and called 112 as 118 paramedics carried out prolonged resuscitation at the home, but he could not be revived.
- Carabinieri and the medico legale conducted routine checks and determined the death was due to accidental suffocation, excluding any third-party involvement.
- The funeral is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria parish in Settimo Torinese, with relatives and neighbors offering tributes.