Woman in 31-year coma after car crash dies leaving husband devastated

A devastated husband has confirmed his wife has died after more than three decades spent in a coma following a horrific Eve car crash in 1991.

Miriam Visintin, from Riese, Veneto, died on 10 May at the San Bassiano hospital where she had been moved two months ago due to a buildup of fluid in her lungs.

She had been in a coma since crashing her Fiat Panda in Casoni di Mussolente, Veneto, on Christmas Eve 1991, suffering an inoperable brain injury as a result.

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