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A 53-year-old businessman from Turin, Paolo Piccardo, owner of an advertising company, committed suicide yesterday afternoon, Sunday, December 6, 2020, by throwing himself into the Tiber River in Rome, on the Ponte Garibaldi. A friend of his, Andrea Pidò, who tried to save him in the water until the end, was rescued by firefighters, transported to the Fatebenefratelli hospital, and then discharged at night. The body of the suicide was also recovered not far away, in the Ponte Fabricio.
The Trastevere company police are investigating the incident. The businessman’s friend, a 50-year-old Roman who denounced a beginning of freezing and had contacted 112 before desperately jumping into the river, was heard at night and told him that the tragedy is due to depression and economic problems. . His two companions were also in Rome, but did not witness the tragedy.
Piccardo (but also his friend Pidò) was well known in the city especially for his activity related to nightclubs and also for organizing concerts in the 80s.
