Mourning in the world of basketball. As PrimaBiella colleagues report, he tragically passed away at the age of 18 Giovanni Spedaletti Workvictim of a motorcycle accident in the Province of Perugia.
The motorcycle accident
The tragedy occurred in the late afternoon of Saturday 9 November, along the road from Ponte San Giovanni to Ferriera di Torgiano, in the Perugino area. Spedaletti he was returning home after refereeing the match between Ponte Vecchio Basket and Virtus Assisi (Under 15 men’s Gold). Unfortunately, all rescue attempts were useless. The young referee was transported under code red to the Santa Maria della Misericordia hospital in the Umbrian capital, where doctors attempted to resuscitate him, unfortunately without success.
A minute’s silence is held on the fields
To the Spedaletti family Italian Basketball Federation sent his deepest condolences. The FIP president Giovanni Petruccisaddened, ordered that it be observed a minute of silence on all fields in all categories today, Sunday 10 November.
Who was Spedaletti?
Giovanni Spedaletti Trabalza was born in Torgiano (Perugia) on 6 October 2006. He had also played basketball from 2019 to 2023 with the Pontevecchio Basket shirt and had become a referee in 2021.