Maxi accident in a tunnel in Vicoforte near Cuneo, at least 8 vehicles involved and 3 people injured

Maxi accident in a tunnel in Vicoforte near Cuneo, at least 8 vehicles involved and 3 people injured
Maxi accident in a tunnel in Vicoforte near Cuneo, at least 8 vehicles involved and 3 people injured

A huge accident It occurred on the morning of Sunday June 16th Vicofortein the province of Wedgeinside the gallery of the Sanctuary. At least eight vehicles are involved in the accident e three people were injured. According to an initial reconstruction, the accident occurred while the vehicles were queuing up waiting for the cycling race of the Monregalesi Valleys to pass. The injured were transported to hospital code yellow.

Big accident in the tunnel in Vicoforte

The news hit the main local newspapers. ‘Quotidiano Piemontese’ writes that the vehicles involved would be five cars And three motorcycles. The vehicles were lined up along the state road 28 inside the Sanctuary gallery while waiting for the bike procession of the Monregalesi Valleys tour to pass.

Late in the morning, therefore, the huge accident. There carambola it occurred right inside the tunnel while the road was temporarily closed for the race to pass.

A major accident involved at least 8 vehicles inside the Sanctuary tunnel in Vicoforte, in the province of Cuneo. Three injured people were rescued under code yellow

To facilitate the rescue efforts, state road 28 was closed to transit, causing many inconveniences to traffic. Work to restore the affected road is still underway.

The Carabinieri, 118 and Mondovì firefighters intervened on site together with Ceva volunteers.

The rescue

Three 118 ambulances intervened at the scene of the accident, one of them medicalisedit’s a helicopter rescue. A couple was transported to the CTO in Turin, while a third injured person was airlifted to the Santa Croce hospital in Cuneo with exposed fractures. ‘Cuneo24’ reports it.

The exact dynamics of the accident are still being investigated by the authorities who are currently working inside the tunnel.

The similar case on the A26

Recently another tunnel was the scene of an accident. In fact, on May 30th, two truck they collided on the A26 motorway inside a tunnel between Masone and Ovada in the direction of Gravellona Toce, between Piedmont and Liguria.

Fortunately, the clash had not caused any injuries, but there had been numerous injuries inconvenience burdened on traffic with at least 10km queue.



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