Off the coast of the Aeolian Island of Salina on Thursday, a tourist catamaran with a German crew collided with a rubber dinghy. Two young Italian women were injured; one of them suffered a serious leg injury.
Collision in the waters off Salina
According to the ANSA news agency, the collision occurred on July 23 in the waters off Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily. Two young Italian women were on the inflatable boat. According to one of the injured women, the boat was stationary in the water while the two were sunbathing when the catamaran struck it.
Two Injured – Port Authority Investigating
One of the two women sustained minor injuries, while the other suffered a more serious leg injury. Both were treated by the 118 emergency medical service after returning to the harbor. The catamaran was escorted by the Delemare Salina service to the island’s tourist harbor.
The port authority launched an investigation to reconstruct the exact sequence of events leading up to the collision and to determine who, if anyone, was responsible. According to local media reports, this was already the fourth boating accident in the waters of the Aeolian Islands since the beginning of July.
