Tragedy this morning at the end of a hunting trip in the Ostuni countryside, in the Brindisi area.

A 57-year-old from San Michele Salentino (Brindisi) died from a shotgun that accidentally fired from his own weapon and hit him in the chest , leaving him no escape.

According to an initial reconstruction, the 57-year-old, who was in the company of two other friends of his, would have tripped while he was putting the rifle in the car to return home.

Any rescue attempt by the health workers who arrived on the spot was useless. The investigations are entrusted to the carabinieri, the Brindisi prosecutor who ordered the seizure of the rifle.

(Unioneonline/L)