Overview

• The incident occurred on September 5 in Parco Moderata Durant when a wooden beam detached and crushed the child's torso.
• After three cardiac arrests, surgeons in Vibo Valentia performed emergency surgery before a military aircraft transferred the boy to Rome.
• At Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital, doctors conducted a second operation and his condition briefly improved before deteriorating.
• Prosecutor Camillo Falvo’s office opened an investigation, seized the area, and commissioned a technical assessment of the equipment.
• The municipality closed the park for further checks, and local reports say the apparatus was labeled for adults without barriers to deter children.