Collision between four trucks and three cars on the A1 at km 328 in the municipality of Figline Valdarno, in the province of Florence, after the Valdarno junction heading north. It was around 11.30. Two people died, one seriously injured person was taken by helicopter to the Careggi hospital in Florence. In the accident, an ambulance that was urgently taking a child from Foligno to the Meyer pediatric hospital in Florence was blocked.
Long queues that reached 10 kilometers began to form immediately, Autostrade per l’Italia reports. The motorway section was closed to allow all vehicle removal operations. In fact, Italy’s motorway is split in two. Due to the same accident, a queue of one kilometer formed between Incisa Reggello and Valdarno towards Rome.
The firefighters of the Florence command, Figline Valdarno detachment, and the team of the Montevarchi detachment of the Arezzo command intervened on site. The firefighters who arrived on site with two teams guaranteed the safety of the complex scenario and freed the occupants from the passenger compartment of the cars and heavy vehicles and entrusted them to medical personnel.
Two of the people extracted by the firefighters and entrusted to the medical staff were unfortunately declared dead, while one was injured and transported by air ambulance to the Careggi emergency room. Traffic police and motorway personnel are on site to manage traffic and facilitate the arrival of emergency vehicles. The crane from the Fi-Ovest detachment was also sent and then returned. Traffic in both directions is currently blocked.
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