Tragedy in Milan, van loses control and hits four people, a boy dies, there are serious injuries: what happened

Serious accident in Milan: a van hits 4 people

Terrible accident that occurred a few hours ago in Milan in the pedestrian area of ​​via Boccaccio. The driver of a van he lost control of the vehicle, ending up on the sidewalk and hitting four people. For one of them, the rescue efforts were useless.

Here’s what happened.

Milan, van hits 4 pedestrians

This afternoon at Milan There was a traffic jam around 4:30 pm accident which involved several people. In the Conciliation Area and more precisely in Boccaccio Street, a van reportedly crashed onto the sidewalk, hitting four people.

All this in correspondence with a crosswalk. Unfortunately a 30 year old boy was taken to the Emergency roombut lost his life due to the injuries he sustained to his head. Hospitalized in rather serious conditions, a Swiss man 50 years old who, unfortunately, has suffered a stroke several times cardiac arrest.

A 21-year-old girl, on the other hand, reported only superficial wounds while a German woman of the same age was seriously injured in the legs. Following the accident, many ambulances They went to the scene and provided first aid to the victims of the impact.

Van driver tests positive for alcohol

The man at the wheel of the van He is about 55 years old and, apparently, he would have lost the check of the vehicle for a very specific reason. The same would have been subjected to a breathalyser test and the alcohol test would have given successful.

The law punishes those who drive in state of intoxication and even more so those who do it while carrying out their own working activityWe don’t know yet what happened, but the police are currently investigating the dynamics of the accident to reconstruct what happened.

Obviously the affected area was closed to traffic and all public transport was diverted to ensure safety. movements to the citizens of Milan. We await further updates on this sad story.