The accident happened in a Gallery of the Pedemontana in Lomazzo. In the bus 30 children traveled, some of whom were injured. Deceased the teacher who accompanied them
On the afternoon of May 19, a fatal accident occurred along the A36 motorway, the Pedemontana, in a gallery at Lomazzo, in the province of Como. A truck and a school bus collided violently. 30 elementary school children traveled in the bus. One of the teachers lost his life following the collision. There are no serious injuries among the pupils. Admitted in red code to the Varese hospital, the bus driver. The children were on the trip. They came from the Pascoli school of Cazzago Brabbia, in the province of Varese.
School bus accident, a teacher who died
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The Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti expressed his condolence: “I learned with emotion and pain of the accident that involved the school group of the Pascoli complex of Cazzago Brabbia, my school as a child. A tragedy for our small town where we all know each other. I express my condolences to the family of the deceased teacher and I am close to all the teachers and the families of the little schoolmen”. The President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, subsequently declared: “I express my profound condolence and that of the Lombardy Region for the tragic disappearance of the teacher who today lost his life in the accident that occurred in a gallery in Lomazzo, in the province of Como, between a truck and the bus that transported pupils and pupils of the primary school of Cazzago Brabbia, on a school trip. Men engaged in rescue who, with prompt and professionalism, have put the small passengers safe and reassured “.