Italian Winemaker Drowns In Wine Vat While Trying To Save Colleague
The 46-year-old man, Marco Bettolini, drowned in the vat after he became dizzy from the poisonous gases.
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The 46-year-old man, Marco Bettolini, drowned in the vat after he became dizzy from the poisonous gases.
As per the reports, while helping his colleague, Marco Bettolini lost balance and fell into the vat.
Marco Bettolini leapt into the tank when he saw co-worker Alberto Pin had fainted at the Ca' di Rajo winery in the Province of Treviso, in the Italian region Veneto, on Thursday last week.
Toxic fumes - like carbon monoxide and nitrogen - produced during winemaking can be deadly in enclosed spaces, especially when produced in large quantities - and neither man had been wearing a respirator
Tributes have been paid to an Italian winemaker who died trying to save a colleague who had been overcome by noxious gas.