The community experiences moments of anxiety Montemiletto5 thousand inhabitants in the province of Avellinofor the fate of Anastasia Sarrothe 23-year-old graduate of Polytechnic of Turin fell on January 2nd from the second floor of a university residence Queretaroin Mexicowhere he participated in the international exchange program Erasmus+.
According to an initial reconstruction, the young woman accidentally fell from the balcony of the house where she lived alone from a height of ten metres. In the violent impact she suffered numerous fractures and was operated on in a clinic in San Cristobal Ecatepec: the operation, which lasted ten hours, served to reduce trauma and stabilize her. According to information not officially confirmed, his life is not in danger.
Investigations underway: domestic accident hypothesis
The local police authorities are investigating the causes and dynamics: at the moment, the prevailing hypothesis among investigators is that ofdomestic accident. His parents, both doctors, residing in Montemiletto, flew to Mexico yesterday.
Anastasia’s academic path
After graduating with top marks at Polytechnic of Turin with a thesis in Film and media engineeringAnastasia embarked on a new academic experience through Erasmus+.
Solidarity from the local community and the Polytechnic of Turin
A student friend of Anastasia would have alerted the emergency services: when the ambulances arrived, the young woman would have been conscious. The girl’s fate is followed with apprehension in the small Irpinian community of Valley of Heat. The mayor of Montemiletto, Massimiliano Minichielloacts as spokesperson, expressing solidarity and closeness to the family to whom he also communicated the widest availability to support her with “the concrete closeness of the municipal administration”.
Solidarity and maximum support for the family are also expressed by Polytechnic of Turin. In a note, the University underlines that it “has not received any official communication from the host University” and that it learned the news from the press. “The relevant offices – continues the note – took immediate action, even through unofficial channels, but at the moment there are no other updates”.
Waiting for more clarity
The investigations ordered by the Mexican authorities will provide greater clarity on the episode, although the nature accidental of the fall seems not to be in question.