Sara Guglielmetti Fear yesterday afternoon at Lecco, when the Ferris wheel installed on the lakeside collapsed due to bad weather. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
Bad weather, massive gusts of wind: Ferris wheel collapses in Lecco
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday 21 June 2025, the city of Lecco was hit by a violent wave of Maltempo.
The gusts of wind they were so strong that they did Ferris wheel collapse located on the lakeside, near the War Memorial. Think that the gusts they exceeded 100 km per hourThe famous attraction collapsed to the ground making a huge noise. The police, the Fire Brigade and the Areu paramedics rushed to the scene immediately.
Bad weather, Ferris wheel collapses in Lecco: no injuries
It could have been a tragedy, but fortunately no one was passing near the Ferris wheel of Lecco when it collapsed to the ground due to the very strong gusts of wind yesterday afternoon. The wheel, moreover, had been closed to the public in anticipation of the severe weather that hit the area. Otherwise, it would have been a massacre. The Ferris wheel had 18 cabins with 6 seats eachThe area has been cordoned off at the moment.