Elderly man attempts night-time escape from care home

An 87-year-old man in Italy dramatically escaped from his residential care home in by fleeing in his electric wheelchair in the early hours.

Elderly man attempts night-time escape from care home

An 87-year-old man in Italy dramatically escaped from his residential care home in by fleeing in his electric wheelchair in the early hours.

Raffaele Panicucci left the home in Montemarciano in the middle of the night because he was fed up of being surrounded by elderly residents, and he claims he would have gone "completely crazy" if he had stay there much longer.

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