One dead and one seriously injured: this is the outcome of the accident that occurred last night in Via Appia in Terracina. They were in the car when they would have risked overtaking. And they crashed into the car that was coming in the opposite direction.
Leonardo Mieli, the passenger of the Fiat Punto who died in the accident in Terracina.
They were traveling along the Appian Way when they collided. It happened in Terracina, along the Via Appia, yesterday evening, Tuesday 18 June 2024. The two cars were at the height of the kilometer 98.4 of the Appia, when the crash occurred. The two cars involved, a Fiat Punto and a Fiat Panda, collided violently. Fatal impact for the passenger of the first car, who died instantly. His name was Leonardo Mieli and he was injured in the driver of the same car was in very serious conditionsa fifty-four year old.
The car crash: what happened
They were traveling along the Appia when the collision occurred. According to the first elements gathered by the carabinieri, who arrived on site as soon as the alarm was raised, the Punto was coming from the north towards Terracina. Suddenly, to overcome the line of cars that had slowed down, he would have attempted a risky overtaking. Then the frontolateral crash. During the overtaking there was a collision that proved fatal with a car that was coming in the opposite direction, a Panda that was turning to enter the sports center on the opposite side of the road.
After the collision, the Fiat Punto was pushed towards the guardrail: the blow proved fatal for the passenger.
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Who was Leonardo Mieli and how is the person injured next to him?
After the impact, the Fiat Punto crashed into the guardrail. The man who was sitting in the passenger seat died instantly. His name was Leonardo Mieli and he was 47 years old. Seven years older, however, was the man behind the wheel. His condition also immediately appeared critical. After being pulled from the cockpit by firefighters, he was rushed to hospital by ambulance. He is still in very serious conditions. Both Mieli and the driver of the car in which he was travelling, are from Terracina. However, the woman and her two daughters on board the Panda were unharmed.
