Overview
- Eight people, including Peruvian tourists and a gondolier, were thrown into the Grand Canal and recovered by firefighters’ divers, with no fatalities or serious injuries reported.
- The crash occurred late Sunday morning near the Rialto Bridge during Carnival, damaging the gondolas and the speedboat and briefly disrupting traffic on the waterway.
- The pilot told authorities the gearbox jammed and left the vessel ungovernable, a claim now under review by the local police navigation unit through on-scene inspections.
- Rescue operations concluded with those pulled from the water transferred to medical teams for evaluation after exposure to cold water.
- The pilot was taken to hospital for medical checks and underwent breathalyzer and toxicology testing as part of standard post-accident procedures.