Goodbye to Ernesto Wong, the Cuban baseball champion died while working on a ship in China

The Cuban baseball champion died in an industrial accident aboard a ship in China Ernesto Wongresident in Settimo Torinese since 2003.

Wong had played for the Cuban national team, then after arriving in Italy he had played in Serie A with Senago, in Serie B with Vercelli, and then in Bc Settimo, a club for which he had become coach and gaffer of all teams. categories.The champion, an industrial plumber, was crushed by the malfunction of a machine on board the ship in China.

He leaves his wife Emanuela, with whom he had been married since the beginning of the 2000s and for whom he had decided to move to Piedmont, to Settimo. And then three children, the eldest son Ernesto Leandro, 29 years old, the eighteen year old William, 18 years old, who followed in his father’s footsteps and is currently returning from Texas, as he plays for the Texas Rangers, and little Kevin, 12 years old.

The BC Settimo club broke the news of Wong’s passing on social media on Monday. “With extreme suffering, BC Settimo – we read – announces the sudden loss of what was the soul, body and mind of the company. We join in the pain of Emanuela, Kevin, William and Alejandro and of the whole family. Hi Erne.”

The mayor of Settimo Torinese Elena Piastra joins in the condolences: “After the death of Pavel Tanese, the worker from Settimo who disappeared in the accident at the Bargi power plant – says Piastra – this is yet another tragedy that affects our community. We are very saddened and we join in condolences with the family.”