Eight year old girl dead debate on responsibility to the toboggan accident in Italy
Eight year old girl dead debate on responsibility to the toboggan accident in Italy

On Friday, was buried Emily Formisano in their hometown of Reggio Emilia. The white coffin was covered with white roses. A week earlier, the eight-year-old girl was killed in a accident while sledding near Bolzano in South Tyrol killed. Emily’s 38-year-old mother is still in the ICU of a hospital.

With your sled the two were with the gondola to the mountain station of the Corno del renon to around 2000 meters in height. From there, a difficult “blue” and extremely difficult “black lead two ski slopes for experienced skiers to the valley”. And there is a gently sloping toboggan run and cross-country skiing. With her daughter on the front of the sleigh from Poland-born mother, was in error on the most difficult slope “Schwarzsee II”. The locked to the carriage driver: “sledding” is banned on German on a yellow shield, a red icon with a crossed-out tray.

After a few metres, the slide at a high speed beyond the runway crashed into a tree. Emily was dead on the spot. The mother had to be revived at the scene of the accident, was flown by rescue helicopter to a Hospital in Bolzano. The two had worn helmets. The prosecution had to identify the accident circumstances, the slope block.