Viareggio massacre, Mattarella: "A tragedy that remains unacceptable"

“On the night of 29 June 2009, Viareggio was injured by the consequences of a train disaster which, today as then, seems unacceptable to us. The images and memory of that tragedy remain indelible. On the fifteenth anniversary, the Republic is close to the family members who saw their loved ones unexpectedly torn from their lives and who, in pain, were able to start a civil process to ascertain the responsibilities of what happened and to promote, everywhere, greater safety in transport”. To say it, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

“Infrastructure networks, including railways, are an essential condition for the life and economic development of the country,” he explains. “Safety is an indispensable prerequisite, as well as being a primary right of citizens and users. We cannot derogate from acquired standards, on the contrary the level of safety must be raised through more effective controls and technologies and a general growth in awareness.” The president concludes: “Safety in transport, like safety at work, it is an indicator of civilization that must prevail over any logic of profit, because it affects people’s lives. This is a lesson that must never be forgotten.”