A couple and an 11-year-old
boy have died at the Solfatara volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near
Naples, police said on Tuesday.
Another child, aged seven, survived, the sources said.
The couple from Turin died in an unsuccessful attempt to save
their son, according to an initial reconstruction.
The boy is thought to have lost consciousness after going
beyond the area where visitors are allowed and ending up in an
area made of up quick-sand like material with strong gas
emissions.
The father, 45, is thought to have been sucked in trying to
get him out, prompting the woman, 42, to intervene too.
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