Three 17-year-olds drowned in the Villoresi Canal near Senago, in the Milanese hinterland, after their car plunged into the water at dawn on Sunday, 21 June 2026. Camilla Copparoni, Lorenzo Benin and Riccardo Provasi were pronounced dead at the scene; six other teenagers on board were pulled from the canal and taken to hospital with injuries ranging from shock to fractures. The vehicle, a compact hatchback, left the road and overturned into the waterway shortly after 05:30 local time, according to emergency services and witnesses cited by Il Fatto Quotidiano .

Marco Paradiso, a local worker who arrived minutes after the crash, told Repubblica that he heard the trapped teenagers shouting for help and tried to pull them out with a rope before emergency crews reached the canal. “I called the rescue services and then tried to haul them up,” Paradiso said. “When I realised I couldn’t, I broke down.” His account underscores the speed and violence of the impact, which left the car partially submerged and the victims unable to escape seat-belted or trapped by the water pressure.

Investigators from the Milan traffic police and the provincial prosecutor’s office have opened a formal inquiry into possible causes, including excessive speed, distraction or mechanical failure. Early indications suggest the driver may have lost control on a straight, well-lit stretch of provincial road SP157, but no definitive evidence has been released. The canal’s concrete banks and fast current complicated rescue efforts, with fire crews deploying inflatable boats and diving units to retrieve the casualties.

The tragedy has sent shock waves through the tight-knit communities of Senago and Paderno Dugnano, where the three victims lived and attended the same upper-secondary institute. Flags flew at half-mast in Senago town hall on Sunday, and a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles appeared at the crash site within hours. School authorities cancelled Monday classes and announced grief counselling for students and staff.

Across Europe, the Senago deaths add to a grim weekend toll. In Palermo, a car crossed a solid white line and struck a group of cyclists near Pioppo, killing a 32-year-old woman and hospitalising two others . In Berlin-Lichtenberg, a motorcyclist collided with a pedestrian, killing the 68-year-old man and leaving his 85-year-old companion in critical condition . In Spain, three boys drowned near Tarragona despite red warning flags, and in the Netherlands a 32-year-old cyclist died after being struck in a hit-and-run near Biddinghuizen; police have arrested a suspect .

Back in Senago, the mayor, Paola Pessina, urged restraint pending the official findings. “We are all grieving,” she said. “But we must also ask how such a young life can be cut short in a single moment—and what we can do to prevent the next.”

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