The Newell’s fan who was brutally beaten on November 5 in the vicinity of Coloso Marcelo Bielsa Stadium in the run-up to the game against Huracán passed away this wednesday at the Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital.
Leonardo Ferragutwhich He had been the mascot of the “Leprosy” champion team in 1974 and played in the club’s youth teams until reaching the reserve, where he had to leave for health reasons. He lost his life after a month of being hospitalized in Heca in serious condition, on a respirator and with irreversible quadriplegia.as explained by the La Capital Newspaper of Rosario
The 51-year-old fan had an argument with the owner of a cart on the corner of Pellegrini and Pueyrredón streets, where They pushed him and ten people began to beat him fiercely with pine cones and kicks.
The friend who was with Leo quickly called the Police and the officers contacted the Integrated Health Emergency System (SIES), so that a mobile phone could take him to Heca minutes later.
How is the case going?
After the death, the title changed (it was “attempted homicide”) and The prosecutor will summon possible witnesses. Besides, will focus on public and private chambers which are located at the intersections of Pellegrini and Pueyrredón streets.
