The 71-year-old motorcyclist involved in the accident at the height of the Chiaro tunnel along state road 36 in Colico, which occurred at 1:30 p.m. today, is in serious condition. The dynamics of the facts are being examined by the traffic police who intervened on site for the surveys, from an initial dynamic the motorcycle would have grazed the car and in the impact the motorcyclist would have flown for several meters on the asphalt.
On site, the medical car from Lecco, the Red Cross ambulance from Colico and the air rescue from Como that took the motorcyclist in red code to the Circolo hospital in Varese where he arrived at 3:31 pm. His conditions are said to be very critical as he suffered various traumas to the chest, abdomen, pelvis and a lower limb. Traffic heading south, towards Lecco, was blocked with long queues for a couple of hours, and was then made to flow along a single carriageway to avoid a total block.
The list of accidents along the state road 36 between cars and motorcycles, in both directions, is long. There are many causes, from speed to overtaking. As for today’s accident, all investigations are underway to gather the precise dynamics of the facts
