One person has died and 23 have been injured in

a minibus accident

on the Italian island of

Capri

.

The bus, full of passengers, has

fallen

this Thursday

by a cliff of five or six meters

falling next to a typical spa establishment, a beach area in which a service is provided in exchange for a fee.

The deceased is

Emanuele Melillo

, the 33-year-old driver of the vehicle. According to the ASL of Naples, another 23 people have been transferred to the hospital. Of the injured

, at least four are in serious condition

. Among them is a child who has been airlifted to Naples hospital with multiple fractures.

The vehicle involved in the accident belongs to the Atc company and was traveling from the port of Marina Grande to the center of Capri. Traffic on the island this Thursday was very chaotic: either because of the start of the tourist season or because, due to a technical problem, that same morning the funicular that goes up from Marina Grande was blocked. This caused people who arrived in Capri to resort to minibuses like the accident, which

were more crowded than usual

.

The driver was driving up the road when, facing a curve, he lost control of the vehicle, broke the railing and fell onto the beach.

According to some witnesses,

the bus, which was traveling at normal speed, skidded first to the right and then to the left

.

The deputy mayor of Capri reported that the paramedics used a defibrillator to try to resuscitate the driver.

It is being investigated whether he could have a heart attack

.

"A few more meters and it would have been a terrible tragedy

,

"

says Gemma Rocchi, owner of the spa next to which the bus fell, interviewed by the AGI agency.

"The bus almost destroyed the solarium, where at least twenty people were sunbathing.

It was a miracle

."

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