Horror car crash leaves seven dead from two families after head-on collision on ‘dangerous’ road in Italy
A HORROR car crash has left seven dead from two families.
The head-on collision happened on what has been described as a “dangerous” road in Italy.
During the night, Maria Pia Giambona, 34, who had in intensive care unit died in the Sant’Antonio Abate hospital in Trapani, in Sicily.
She was in an Alfa 156 driven by Vincenzo Cipponeri, 44, who died instantly.
The car collided head-on with a Fiat Doblo carrying two families from Carini, in the Palermo area.
Matteo Cataldo, 70, and his wife, Maria Grazia Ficarra, 67, died along with their 44-year-old son Danilo Cataldo.
Another couple who were in the Fiat, Matteo Schiera, 72, and his wife Anna Rosa Romancino, 69, were also killed.
The driver of one of the cars lost control and swerved into the other, on-coming vehicle, Corriere Della Serra reports.
The accident happened on provincial road 16 near Custonaci, a town in the province of Trapani.
According to the paper, the force of the collision suggests the Alfa was travelling at high speed and its driver did not have time to get out of the way.
The Doblo would have had no way of avoiding the impact.
The sound of the head-on collision was reportedly heard from a distance.
Locals describe the road as “dangerous” and there have been numerous accidents on it caused by speeding drivers, says Corriere Della Serra.
The Alfa 156 was pictured by the barrier at the side of the road with its front crumpled.
The accident happened near to the famous beach of San Vito lo Capo and the road is extremely busy at weekends with day-trippers.
The prosecutor of the Trapani region has opened an investigation into the crash.
Earlier this year a five-year-old boy was left in a coma after a lorry smashed into his dad’s car as they travelled to see his grandparents in Italy.
Dominic Boschetti, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was on life support machine after the smash which also seriously injured his dad Giuseppe.
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