Overwhelmed by the train while he was chasing thieves, dies rifleman in Caserta

Death in service, while performing his duties, 34-year-old Deputy Sergeant Carabinieri Emanuele Reali was killed by a train a few hundred meters from the Caserta train station. A tragedy occurred late in the afternoon under the eyes of some colleagues in the army, at the height of via Ferrarecce, right in the city center, not far from. a frequent crossing. The soldier, in the service of the operational and radiomobile unit of the company of Caserta, was in bourgeois uniform; with some colleagues, he was pursuing two robbers wanted for robbery in the apartment.

Exceeded on the regional line Naples-Caserta

In the restless phases of the chase, as evidenced by the other riflemen present, the 34-year-old climbed a wall overlooking the tracks, just like an Eav train from the Naples-Caserta regional line via Cancello; but while the thief managed to avoid the train, the military was submerged. Unnecessary help from colleagues, who arrested the criminal's accomplice, and the ambulance that came. Polfer agents intervened on the spot; from the first findings, no liability was attributed to the train driver; it was an accident.

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Aged 34, from Bellona (Caserta), his wife and two young daughters are very young. A prayer and a hug to Emanuele's family and friends and to all the police with the message of condolences from the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini. Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta, Chief of Police Franco Gabrielli, and Chief of the Defense Staff General Enzo Vecciarelli also expressed their closeness to the family. For the commander-in-chief, Giovanni Nistri, the sacrifice of Emanuele Reali will always remain alive in memory of all the carabinieri. Caserta is the third mourning that strikes in a few months the carabinieri of Campania died in service following an accident. On 20 July, on the central axis of Naples, a car submerged by two riflemen intervened for the reliefs following a road accident. Vincenzo Ottaviano, pinned, died on the spot, as well as the badistant brigadier Attilio Picoco after a few days of hospitalization. Both were on duty at the Compagnia di Nola.