Overview
- The victim was identified as 47-year-old Giovanni Lopez, who collapsed during a family meal in an apartment on via Foglizzo in the Borgo Nuovo area.
- Family members called 112 and attempted to clear his airway before 118 paramedics arrived and carried out prolonged resuscitation without success.
- Carabinieri and the medical examiner attended the scene, and the medical examiner attributed the death to accidental suffocation.
- Investigators excluded third-party responsibility and confirmed the incident as an accident.
- Coverage notes broader risks of airway obstruction and highlights training in the Heimlich maneuver, citing data that young children are particularly vulnerable.