Very serious accident this morning, Saturday 17 April, a Trieste where a woman fell from a bridge and fell for about 50 meters. She is now hospitalized in a very serious condition. The accident occurred around 8 in the morning: according to the reconstruction, the woman, a thirty-six year old from Trieste, is fall from the bridge of the Cottur cycle and pedestrian path, former railway, in the locality of Altura, in a peripheral and high area of the city. The technicians of the Trieste Alpine Rescue and the Fire Brigade intervened on the spot to save it.
Taken to hospital, the woman underwent surgery – The rescue men, accompanied by the ambulance doctors, walked down the slope below where there are meadows and vegetation, reaching the thirty-six year old, who was immediately stabilized and placed in the “spinal” and then in the Rescue stretcher. recovered with a system of counterbalanced ropes. Taken to Cattinara hospital, the woman was immediately subjected to surgery. Although she remained conscious after the flight, her condition is very serious.
The causes of the accident are being examined by the police – The intervention of the rescuers ended shortly after nine. At the moment it is not known what caused the bad fall. The causes are currently being examined by the police. The Cottur cycle path, just over ten kilometers long, reaches Slovenia from the center of Trieste, overcoming a certain height difference. In some sections the route takes place along tunnels and bridges, some very high.