Overview
- The crash, reported around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, left three men dead and six others alive.
- The minivan went off the Idrovia Sant’Anna road in the Cà Lino area of Chioggia and overturned into a canal.
- A passerby saw the vehicle in the water and alerted authorities before rescue crews arrived.
- Firefighters and a regional dive team recovered the bodies from inside the van after about two hours, with support from an autogrù crane from Mestre.
- Police have not yet identified the victims or explained the cause, and early reports conflict on the original headcount on board.