Ada Emma Colaianni
Age: 83
Summary: Italian retired truck driver who was among one of more than 250 people reported
missing and feared dead following the devastating April 6 L'Aquila
earthquake that killed over 300 people and injured at least 1,500
others when a powerful 6.3-magnitude quake
struck the mountainous region of Abruzzo in central Italy and destroyed or
damaged thousands of buildings in several towns and villages surrounding the medieval
city of L'Aquila, Italy near the epicenter of the quake, in which it
became the worst deadliest earthquake to hit Italy in three decades
since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake when 2,735 people died in one of the
6.9-magnitude quakes that struck southern Italy and caused widespread
damage in nearby Naples.
Cause of Death: Killed during an earthquake
Born: December 11, 1926
Died: April 6, 2009
Location: Onna, Italy