After their automobile was sucked in by a sinkhole and encircled by floods in northern Italy, a father and his grown son perished. According to local news source Corriere della Sera,
Leone Nardon, 64, and Francesco Nardon, 21, were driving in Valdagno, in the Veneto region, on Thursday, April 17, when the road they were on collapsed at around 8 p.m. local time.
That day, the area was slammed by a wave of severe rain and bad weather, which coincided with the tragedy. Although the reason for Leone and Francesco’s driving amid.
The hazardous circumstances has not been verified, preliminary reports suggest that they could have been out helping others during the terrible weather, according to the outlet.
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The Corriere said that when the victims had not returned home by 2 a.m. on Friday, April 18, the family became suspicious and called the police.
