Mestre accident? According to Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini, “this is not a guardrail issue”, although it is “too early to comment”. The deputy prime minister, who was a guest on the ‘Sky Tg 24’ program this morning, started by telling about the massacre that cost the lives of 21 people. As it turned out a few hours after the events, it turned out that the bus that fell from the overpass was powered by electricity and that Salvini had not stopped thinking about the transition to green mobility. “I have heard firefighters talk about electric batteries catching fire faster, quicker than other types of power,” Salvini underlined. “I don’t know if that has anything to do with it. I’ll leave the answer to the technicians, but at a time when someone is saying everything is electric, maybe it needs some food for thought.”
Salvini’s statements were harshly criticized by Democratic Party MP Alessandro Zan. Who was it that attacked the deputy prime minister on X (formerly Twitter)? “It is immoral and cruel to speculate about the 21 deaths in Mestre in order to revive the fight against electricity; to deny without evidence the causes linked to the maintenance of infrastructures of which he is the minister.” Many people also criticized the minister’s remarks on social media, judging the connection between what happened in Mestre and electric mobility to be inappropriate.
Meanwhile, investigations continue. The bus was seized during consultations to verify the condition of the bus. The lithium batteries of the electric vehicle will also be subject to in-depth analysis. According to the Venice chief prosecutor’s office, at the moment “technically it does not appear that there was a fire, there is a gas leak from the batteries and he also stated – we are carrying out an investigation into these”.
Source: Today IT

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