Contractor was trapped for 11 hours under fallen masonry at medieval landmark near the Colosseum
Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation over the death of a worker trapped when a medieval monument in central Rome partly collapsed.
Octav Stroici, 66, was rescued on Monday night after 11 hours under fallen masonry but died of his injuries at the city’s Umberto I hospital. Romanian foreign affairs officials, who said he came from their country, thanked rescuers for their efforts to save him during a long, complex and delicate operation.
Rome’s council announced that a day of mourning for Stroici would be held on Wednesday.
Lamberto Giannini, the city’s prefect, said: “The [rescue] operation lasted a long time because every time a part of the body was freed there was additional rubble that covered it.”
