A food festival in Sardinia has ended in tragedy after a toxic batch of guacamole claimed the lives of two women and left two children battling for survival in hospital.
School cook Valeria Sollai, 62, collapsed after eating the contaminated dip at the Fiesta Latina food event in Monserrato, Cagliari.
Despite spending weeks on life support, and showing signs of recovery before suffering a relapse, she tragically lost her fight for life on Monday. A post-mortem for Valeria is set to take place.
Her death comes just over a week after Roberta Pitzalis, 38, who also ate from the same deadly batch, died on August 8. A post-mortem revealed she succumbed to a lethal combination of botulism poisoning and pneumonia.
The poisonous avocado dip was served up to unsuspecting festival-goers between July 22 and July 24 - and has since been linked to a horrifying outbreak of botulism.
