Turin: dies in the car submerged by water in an underpass during a storm

A dead man drowned for bad weather that night in Rivarolo Canavese, in the province of Turin Guido Zabena 51 years of Favria died drowned during a violent storm. He was stuck with his Punto in an underpbad between Rivarolo Canavese and Feletto on the old National Highway 460 that suddenly flooded. Three boys tried to save him by swimming before the firefighters arrived but they did not do it. Even rescue teams have not managed to reach it in time. In the underpbad there was too much water and the car was completely submerged. At that time for the man there was nothing to do. Municipal police and riflemen also arrived on site
"A lot of water reunited – says the mayor of Rivarolo Canavese Alberto Rostagno – We have three pumps that start emptying the underpbad when Situations occur urgently but they were not enough.In just minutes, the road was submerged under four meters of water and mud. "The first citizen spent the night on the old road where firefighters, postmen and municipal employees are still working to clear the underpbad in the morning.
Zabena was an employee of Daiko. Last night, he had departed differently than usual to return to Favria because he had brought home a co-worker who lives in Feletto. When he noticed that he was stuck in the underpbad, he called his father who in turn gave the alarm warning the firefighters. He tried to open the door and lower the window, but the electrical system went in tilt with the water and did not work, the pressure of the water prevented the door from opening.
minutes in which the alarm was also triggered in the city council – explains the mayor – Our street officials were going to place the signs to warn the drivers and close the underpbad, but they did not arrive at time. At the same time that the underpbad was flooded, two cbads were flooded in the villages and the men circulated to make everything safe. It's a tragedy, things like that should not happen. "