Naples, car ends up in a sinkhole: driver unharmed

A man ended up with his car in a sinkhole that opened in the Materdei district of Naples after the heavy rains of the last few hours. He was saved by the timely intervention of the inhabitants of the building: the hole, in which a scooter also ended up, opened up in the ground of the building's patio. "Only due to a miraculous event the irreparable did not happen in Vico della Neve in Materdei" denounces the city councilor Pino de Stasio.

Municipal councilor complaint. “maintenance needed”

The complaint from Pino De Stasio, councilor of the Second Municipality of Naples, was immediate and he declared: "a very dangerous chasm opened up in a road made of Vesuvian paving stones and a car with a person on board ended up inside. This paving stones would need continuous maintenance. Not extraordinary interventions which are of no use, done every now and then with bitumen, which is totally useless on these ancient roads. Now it will be necessary to verify what the origin of this chasm was, but the problem It's upstream."

According to De Stasio "the interventions on the ancient roads of our Municipality are only emergency. There is no overall vision of how these roads must be maintained in their structural fullness, in their safety and in their aesthetic beauty. We are talking about the ancient heart of Naples. Of roads that are heritage. Which cannot be patched up with bitumen like any "modern" road. A serious ordinary maintenance plan is needed for the Vesuvian paving, I have reported it in writing several times. Before tragedy happens."