Serious accident on the motorway, car hits van which catches fire and then runs away, flames have invaded the four lanes. Where and what happened

Accident on the A1, hits a van and runs away, three injured and the officers are on the trail of the driver who caused the accident

At this time all investigations by the police are underway on theaccident occurred onA1, in the early morning of today, Wednesday 17 April. A car hit a motorway company van, which caught fire and then sped away.

Regarding the incident, the officers are trying to understand who the responsible of the accident and above all how it happened. They had to close the road to traffic for several hours, to put out the flames, but also to allow rescuers to intervene.

According to information released by some local media, the drama took place around 6 of today's morning, Wednesday 17 April. Precisely on the A1 motorway, near the exit of Sesto Fiorentino, which is located in the province of Florence. The van with several workers from the motorway company on board was securing the road section for the start of a construction site.

However, it is precisely in those seconds that a car heading north has buffered the heavy vehicle. The impact was violent and with harrowing consequences. In a few moments the vehicle has caught fire and smoke invaded all 4 lanes of that stretch of motorway.

Accident on the A1, the conditions of the workers and the escape of the motorist

The person who was driving the car did not stop immediately after the collision, on the contrary ran away. Passers-by, seeing the seriousness of the incident, in addition to alerting the Fire Brigade, also notified the health workers and the police. Everyone arrived on site in just a few minutes.

The firefighters worked for a long time to put out the fire the fire and subsequently they entrusted three workers from the motorway company to health workers. All were injured and are now hospitalized in the nearby hospital care of the case.

In the meantime the police are working to understand what happened and above all they are on the scene tracks of the motorist who caused the accident and who then fled. There will be further updates on this very serious matter shortly.