A woman is dead crushed between a boat and a truck in front of her children | Chronic

A Swiss woman died Monday in Italy while she was trying to stop a ship about to hit a bridge.

The woman rented a houseboat in Jesolo, a city in the province of Venice, to spend her holidays on the Sile river with her husband and two children.

When he saw that the boat on which they were traveling was approaching a drawbridge that had not yet been opened, the woman panicked and decided to stand between the boat and the bridge. to avoid collision with his own hands.

However, he did not take into account the strength of the current and was crushed under the eyes of his children. "The children saw everything, they were crying when we arrived, the husband was shocked." revealed one of the firefighters.

The Italian prosecutor is investigating the cause of the accident. They are trying to determine if the husband, who was driving the barge, had taken all the necessary measures to avoid the collision.

His lawyer said that he had tried to maneuver to get away from the bridge but had not succeeded, which is why he maintains that the boat could have been damaged. According to firefighters, it is possible that the man lost control of the ship due to the strong current caused by recent rains in the area.