Monica Leofreddi was hit by a van in Rome: “The driver screamed at me, to save me I rolled onto the street”

fear of Monica Lefreddiwho was the victim of a traffic accident in the region yesterday, November 22nd Termini train station in Rome. The moderator was thrown to the ground by a reversing truck, then attacked by the driver, who left without helping her. She told it herself, with a long one Posts on Instagramwhere he showed me Bruises and that Wounds shown on the face.

Hit by a van in reverse gear

“I want to tell you about my weakness and my discouragement. Tonight I come back from Milan – he wrote on his social profile Monica Lefreddi – I was in wait for the taxi To go home, I waited for him not far from the train station. The taxi was about to arrive, I step off the sidewalk and wait behind one Van parked in the second row. I turned my back and looked directly at the street. I don’t notice that The van shifts into reverse. It overwhelms me and throws me face first onto the asphaltI hear someone shouting at him: “Stop! There is someone behind you!”. “I roll towards the middle of the road to avoid the van crushing me.” Was hit from behind, so suddenly, but she managed to save herself. But the bad adventure wasn’t over yet. “Sinks the driver – continues the moderator – that Instead of helping me, he starts screaming He accuses me of faking it and shouts that he didn’t hit me, I jumped! Another idiot shouts, “It’s true! He didn’t touch you.” I stood up slowly, I was humiliated, not only physically, but above all psychologically injured. I tried to state my reasons but he continued to deny them.”

Attacked by the driver

One attack after another. Violent tones and no worries about his health. At this time Lefreddi, shockedShe only found consolation from a passer-by: “Only one gentleman confirmed to me that I was hit.” I asked him: “Can you testify?” He replied: Yes, the driver was still screaming and said no. I the Every day I think about how to behave In any situation, in a difficult moment, I could only burst into tears, I didn’t get the license plateI just said, “You’re a criminal, shame on you.” My taxi arrived. I took it and left the van and its irresponsible driver behind.” A mishap that, as she herself said, left her with more than just a few bruises and minor injuries. But a great feeling of helplessness: «I felt fragilealone, so afraid rudeness. I just wanted to go home. Crying, I called my husband, I confided in him my frustration, my surrender. I was always so strong, sometimes aggressive, that I cried in the taxi without being able to protect myself Right to report the accidentmy dignity.”

The support of relatives, friends and fans

Only in the taxi does he manage to calm down: “The taxi driver handed me a piece of ice cream that he had in his backpack for dinner. He is the first to help me, he confides in me that even he no longer recognizes himself in this world. My children saw me come home without my usual smile, they saw my face with smudged makeup and my eyes shining. I don’t want to hide my fragility. Your hug. I’m fine except for a few bruises. Will the driver be ashamed?” Boom in views for the post on social media and immediately the wave of indignation against the driver and solidarity with the moderator. Hundreds of supportive comments, including from many friends and colleagues. “Even worse: a society in disarray. “I’m so sorry, Monica,” he wrote Elenoire Casalegno, who was recently attacked in Milan. “What a shame Monica, we live in a terrible world… What will our children do,” commented Serena Autieri. “Life is getting harder, a hug,” he emphasized instead Carmen Russo. Comforting words from too Manuela Moreno, Sabrina Salerno, Chiara Francini, Manila Nazzaro, Milo Infante – “Let’s start by looking for this gentleman and getting him off the street” -, Roberta Giarrusso – “How much inhumanity” – , Paolo Conticini, Eleonora Daniele and many others.