Leonardo Ricci, two, was found unresponsive in the garden of the nursery after getting tangled in a tree – he was strangled by his own jumper and pronounced dead at the scene
A boy has tragically died at a nursery after being ‘strangled’ by his own jumper.
Leonardo Ricci, two, was found unresponsive by playschool carers in Bibbiena, near Arezzo in Italy. He was reportedly playing in the garden of Ambarabà Ciccì Coccò nursery earlier this week when his sweatshirt became tangled in a tree.
Medics performed CPR on the boy for more than an hour but were sadly unable to revive him. Leonardo was pronounced dead at the scene while an air ambulance was racing to the nursery. The site was evacuated by police and a cordon was set up.
Groups of locals were seen weeping at the gates of the nursery. Bibbiena’s mayor Filippo Vagnoli visited the site of the tragedy, while prosecutors have now launched a manslaughter investigation. The nursery will remain closed for some time, La Stampa reports.
The Koiné cooperative, which manages the nursery, said: “We have no words that can soothe the excruciating pain of the parents and family of the child who lost his life this morning.
“The tragedy is also our grief, because we feel the children who greet us with a smile every morning as our own. Our staff, shocked and distraught by the tragedy, have made themselves available to the investigators.”
This comes after a British woman was killed in Portugal when a ‘tornado’ destroyed a campsite and hotel. The 85-year-old had been staying on the HolaCamp site near Albufeira on the Algarve. The freak weather event, which came as Storm Claudia battered Portugal, left 28 others injured.
The woman, who has not yet been named, was initially reported missing before her body was found in the rubble. Other holidaymakers ran for cover as fierce winds sent debris flying.
The horror event has been described by authorities as an “extreme wind phenomenon”. Officials from Portugal‘s weather agency said there was a “high probability” it was a tornado, The Sun reports.
A weather agency source said: “It was a phenomenon of strong winds, an extreme wind phenomenon, that affected two units, a campsite and a hotel unit.”
Police confirmed a total of 28 people were injured including British, Portuguese and Spanish nationals, aged between six and 86.
The twister also struck the Hotel Eden where 19 were injured, including one seriously. Two others were seriously injured at the campsite where the Brit pensioner was found dead.