A tanker truck fell into the sea this morning in the waters in front of the Molosiglio gardens, in the center of Naples. Local police officers intervened following an anonymous phone call informing that a truck, with the driver still at the wheel, had fallen into the sea.
When they arrived on the scene, the officers found the driver standing on the edge of the Bourbon marina, while the tanker was just emerging from the sea. The officers then determined that the driver did not require medical assistance and reconstructed what had happened, also noting the environmental damage in progress, requesting the intervention of colleagues from the environmental protection department. According to what was reconstructed also through the images of the video surveillance systems present in the area, the driver of the vehicle, in order to illegally collect sea water, made an incorrect maneuver and, losing control of the tanker, ended up in the sea. In the video, in fact, the driver's assistant can be seen getting out of the vehicle to help him with the maneuver and, indicating with his arm to continue in reverse, making him go backwards until he fell into the sea.
In falling into the water, the tanker, in addition to the foreseeable damage to the marine ecosystem of the place, caused visible damage to the historic piperno placed at the boundary of the dock. To assess the extent of the damage, we will have to wait for the outcome of the report that the technicians of the Superintendency will draw up. With no small difficulty, the tanker was collected by the Fire Brigade who intervened and then seized for further investigations. The driver was also charged with the penalty foreseen for those who drive with a license of a different category, as he was found to only hold a driving license for motor vehicles. The Naples Municipal Police announced that this is not the first case of illegal withdrawal of sea water: the water withdrawn is in fact sold to compliant fishmongers who use it to preserve molluscs which, even if they come from controlled enclosures, end up "filtering" the pollutants present in the port waters.
Article published on May 5, 2020 - 19:53 pm
