Young Lamborghini engineer on Edinburgh trip died after his leg 'turned black'

A young engineer with luxury car brand Lamborghini has died after going on a dream holiday to Edinburgh where his leg suddenly started to swell up and went black.

Mauro Carminati, 32, was enjoying the holiday in the capital when he noticed that his leg had started to swell up, and became worried when it started to go black.

He went to a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with an infection that moved to his lungs causing pneumonia. When his family had news of the fact he had been hospitalised, his mother Cinzia, father Fabrizio and aunt Marina rushed to Scotland to be at his bedside as initially, he was still lucid and talking.

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But then his temperature rose alarmingly, and he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. By the time they arrived on May 1, he was already in intensive care.

Doctors who initially diagnosed a bacterial infection administered three courses of antibiotics which had little effect, and it was only apparently later that they realised it was a virus, according to Italian media.

His family said that news of his death was an incredible shock as he was one of the healthiest people around, and was rarely ill.

They said the tragedy was a "bolt from the blue". They said that he was in perfect health when he left and would not have gone on holiday if there had been any sign of illness.

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The family are demanding to know whether the therapy initially administered to him by the doctors may have negatively influenced the treatment.

A spokesman for the Italian consulate said that paperwork was being drawn up and will be made available on May 7 after which his body could be flown back home and the date for the funeral set. His death apparently occurred on May 3.

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The man, who was originally from Stezzano, in the province of Bergamo, graduated with top marks from the Natta Scientific and Technological High School in Bergamo, and he obtained a degree with honours in Mathematical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan in 2013.

He then went on to get a Master's degree at the University of Munich and after that a job working for the German carmaker Audi before in 2020 moving to Bologna to work for Lamborghini. He was passionate about trekking, photography and travel.