Child Dies After Being Hit by Soccer Goal in Sardinia

(ANSA) – OZIERI, 14 SEPTEMBER – Tragedy in the afternoon in Ozieri (Sassari), in northern Sardinia. A 9-year-old boy was hit and killed by a soccer goal that collapsed on him while he was playing with two peers in the ‘Meledina’ sports field, in the hamlet of San Nicola. The accident occurred shortly after 6:00 p.m.: The three boys had entered the field to kick a ball around: one of those portable goals, which are generally used during training to reduce the size of the pitch, for reasons that are still being investigated, gave way and fell on the boy. Rescue efforts were in vain. The alarm was raised by his two playmates. Emergency services, the fire brigade and the Carabinieri of the Ozieri Company arrived on the scene. For over an hour, rescuers tried with every means to revive the child, but every attempt was in vain. The Sassari Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an autopsy on the body of the little victim. The investigation is being conducted by the Carabinieri and the Spresal inspectors. (ANSA).