He was traveling on the motorway in a state of alteration due to alcohol consumption, with an expired license driving a vehicle without insurance, and attacked the 118 health workers who arrived to provide assistance.
It happened in the night between Sunday and yesterday when the 118 operations center received reports from some motorists reporting a man in obvious difficulty probably due to an illness. The “Delta 25” ambulance immediately arrived on site from Brolo, with a doctor and two operators, a man and a woman, on board. Having reached the car stopped at the edge of the road in the Calavà tunnel towards Palermo, the rescuers found the man, a 47-year-old originally from the Tyrrhenian area, conscious but in an evident state of intoxication. At the sight of the health workers he suddenly lashed out at them, verbally cursing and attacking them with kicks and punches. At that point the traffic police were alerted with the patrol of the Sant’Agata Militello detachment which intervened to calm the situation.
Carry out the appropriate checks on the man’s condition and the usual checksthe police then proceeded to withdraw the expired license and seized the vehicle without insurance and inspection.
The President of Seus 118 Sicily, Riccardo Castro and the director of the 118 macro-area operations center of Messina, Fabio Parducci, then spoke about the attack suffered by the medics who, once the intervention was completed, were treated at the Pte and regularly completed their tour of duty. . «Indignation and anger at yet another vile attack against the 118 operators who risk their lives every day while carrying out their duty with professionalism – underline the health managers -. We are concretely alongside our operators who make us proud for the professionalism and spirit of sacrifice they put into action, saving hundreds of lives.”
