Emotion – Three young people were victims of the sudden flood of a river in Italy
The emotion of a last embrace. The image of three young people hugging each other before being carried away by the waves of a swollen river is shocking Italy and the rest of the world, reports BFMTV. The lifeless bodies of two of the victims were found. The third person is still missing.
Carried away by the current
The tragedy took place on Friday in the Udine region, Italy. According to the Italian press agency Ansa, three friends, an Italian woman and a Romanian couple, aged between 21 and 25, were surprised by the sudden rise in water levels during a walk in the forest along the Natisone river. And this, despite a weather alert and road signs warning of the danger.
The three victims had temporarily found refuge on a small islet in the middle of the river and alerted the emergency services. Clinging to each other, they were filmed by a witness. The images were broadcast on Italian television, Rai. The firefighters tried to get them out by throwing them a rope, but no one managed to catch it.
The video then shows the three young people being carried away one by one by the current until(…) Read more on 20minutes
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