Paderno d’Adda (Lecco), 21 August 2020 – «They had been here for a few minutes, one ordered a sandwich he was eating, the other coffee. They both took their seats at the tables outside. I heard screaming then I saw them jump up and run towards the station without even finishing the drink ».
To speak is Cesare Sangalli, well known owner of “La Stazione” winery in via Luigi Gasparotto, a few meters from the Paderno d’Adda station from which the “ghost train” derailed in Carnate the other day.
Train driver and conductor, as often happens during the break between the outward and return journeys in fact, between Porta Garibaldi and Paderno, they take advantage of that time to drink an espresso or take a break in his restaurant, just like on Wednesday.
«Initially obviously I didn’t know what was happening, we all learned it only later – continues the bartender -. Some other clients and witnesses have told me they have been recalled by the stationmaster who joined them to warn them of the convoy that was moving and to have seen them chasing it to try to get on board and stop it ». “Fortunately, there is still a station master at the Paderno d’Adda station – adds a waitress who knows“ the two boys ”well, as she calls them friendly -. If it wasn’t for him he had the Reaction times to understand the gravity of the situation and to warn the colleagues of the operations center there would probably be a massacre ».
The stationmaster also immediately activated the closure of level crossings along the line that are found at Sernovella di Verderio, Robbiate, Brugarolo and Osnago, avoiding that any motorists could be overwhelmed by the crazy train.
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