Acerenza: She calls her husband claiming she wants to commit suicide, saved by the intervention of the Carabinieri

A man showed up at the Carabinieri Company in Acerenza to report that his wife had contacted him by telephone announcing that she was at the Potenza railway station with suicidal intentions. Without losing a single moment, the Operations Center of the Acerenza Company he alerted the Potenza Company which immediately sent a patrol from the local Radiomobile Unit to the site. The military personnel of the Arma, with the valuable and timely collaboration of the State Railways, have taken care of block rail traffic, stopping trains arriving from both directions.

The search for the woman ended with her being found on the platform of the main track. In a state of confusion, although initially distrustful, the woman confirmed her intentions to the Carabinieri. With professionalism and great empathy, the men of the Carabinieri have started a conversation with the woman, first managing to get her closer, then to transmit the calm needed to open up to them.

An essential prerequisite for understanding the reasons for his gesture. In the meantime, the intervention of 118 Basilicata has been requested, whose operators assessed the woman's health and accompanied her to the hospital for further checks. Again the timely reporting of a citizen and the immediate intervention of the Carabinieri, made possible by the constant presence of the Carabinieri garrisons on the territory, they made it possible to avoid tragic consequences and to help those in difficulty.