A bad one accident it occurred today on the A19 Palermo-Catania motorway, between the Mulinello and Agira junctions. A minibus that was transporting a group of young footballers went off the road. The loss of control of the vehicle caused the injury of seven people, two of whom are currently in serious condition.
The two more serious injuries they were transported by helicopter to the hospitals in Catania and Caltanissetta, the closest to the accident site. Meanwhile, the other five were rescued by ambulances and taken to various hospitals in the area between the municipalities of the Sicilian hinterland.
The precise causes of the accident are not yet known, and it is complicated to hypothesize the exact dynamics of what happened. It is not known, therefore, whether what happened took place independently. According to a first reconstructionthe driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, which then violently crashed into the protective barriers of the motorway.
The crash occurred precisely at Agira, at km 147.300 of the A19, on the roadway in the direction of Catania. Only the minibus with the young people on board was involved in the accident. The vehicle was carrying children from a football school of the Salesian oratory of San Gregorio in Catania who were returning home after a match played in Palermo. The causes are being investigated but it appears that the vehicle has punctured the wheel. The driver lost control of the minivan.
At the moment the motorway has been closed to traffic in the direction of Catania to allow rescue and investigations by the police. At the moment, in fact, there are already long queues and inconveniences for motorists. The firefighters of Leonforte and Enna intervened on the scene, together with two helicopters and four ambulances.
Updates on the dynamics of the accident and the conditions of the injured are awaited. In total, therefore, 5 slightly injured and 2 seriously injured. Luckily they all survived the terrible accident.
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