Unidentified man, Ventimiglia (Imperia), 19/03/1997
Data shown in the record
- Date of recovery
- 19/03/1997
- Case file number
- 158
- Place of recovery
- Railway, Latte locality, railway km 255
- Municipality
- Ventimiglia
- Province
- Imperia
- Region
- Liguria
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 25 years
- Biogeographic ancestry
- Asian
- Clothing
- Light blue shirt with the writing "ACTIVE WEAR", light blue jeans and sneakers
- Presumed cause of death
- Railway collision
- Further information
- Asian origin.
Where the recovery took place
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Notes on this record
What emerges when the official register data are compared with the press sources collected below.
- An article from La Stampa of 21 March 1997 reports that the man, of Asian appearance, was struck by a train on the Ventimiglia-France railway line while crossing the tracks near the hamlet of Latte, in an attempt to cross illegally into France.
Articles and sources
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Un cinese è travolto da un treno
The article places the collision in the night between 20 and 21 March ('last night' relative to the edition of the 21st), one or two days after the date in the record (19 March): same location and same sequence of events, but the date does not match precisely.
Original record
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