A woman of approximately 40 years old fell into the Volturno River near Grazzanise, in the province of Caserta, and was recovered by firefighters operating from a helicopter.
Passers-by raised the alarm at approximately 9:00 after seeing a person in the river near a bridge over the Volturno, prompting an emergency response involving firefighters, law enforcement and medical personnel.
Found clinging to a metal structure
Firefighters located the woman in the riverbed area, where she had managed to hold onto a metal structure. She was recovered by winch from the firefighters' helicopter and then transported for hospital assessment.
The reports describe the structure as a pylon or metal framework in the river. The exact point of the fall is described in the consulted reports both as a bridge over the Volturno and as the new pedestrian and cycling bridge; the precise location was not settled in the material reviewed.
Helicopter from Pontecagnano, hospital in Castel Volturno
According to the reports, firefighters from Mondragone requested helicopter support, and the helicopter that carried out the recovery came from Pontecagnano.
After the winch recovery, the woman was taken to the Pineta Grande facility in Castel Volturno for medical assessment and treatment.
Multi-agency response on the riverbank
The operation involved municipal police officers, Carabinieri, 118 emergency medical personnel and firefighter teams, including a river-rescue team and firefighters from Mondragone, with divers from Naples also reported at the scene.
Initial reports stated that the woman was not in life-threatening condition. Her definitive medical condition and any confirmed injuries were not available in the consulted material.
What is not yet established
The cause of the fall has not been established in the consulted reports. One local report describes the incident as a jump, but that description is not independently confirmed by all the sources reviewed.
Readers should therefore treat the confirmed core of the incident — a morning fall into the Volturno near Grazzanise, a helicopter winch rescue after the woman clung to a metal structure, and transfer to Pineta Grande — as separate from the still-unclear questions of how she entered the water and what injuries she sustained.
