The bus had left from Lecce and was headed to Rome Tiburtina. Flixbus with 38 people on board ended up in a ditch on the A16 Canosa-Naples motorway, in the municipality of Vallesaccarda, in the province of Avellino.
According to what has been learned, the accident was caused by a chain reaction collision involving five cars. The deceased person is one of the passengers of the cars. The bus with 36 passengers and two drivers on board was recovered by the Avellino firefighters, Bisaccia and Grottaminarda during operations coordinated by the provincial commander Mario Bellizzi.
Firefighters are searching the area of the accident to see if there are other passengers who may have been thrown out of the windows. Three of the 14 injured – two of them particularly seriously – were taken to hospital. Ariano Irpino, three in Avellino and the other eight in Benevento. A 118 air ambulance also intervened on site but did not carry out any transfers.
The passengers of the bus and cars involved who did not require medical attention were hosted in the municipal gym in Grottaminarda, in the province of Avellino.
Meanwhile i firefighters who recovered and brought the bus back to the roadway are securing the area and are recovering the personal effects and luggage.
A passenger's story: "We were sleeping and then the bang"
“They were all sleeping, I think. What woke us up was the violent braking and then the bang, when we collided with the cars, before ending up in the ditch“This is the first testimony of one of the bus passengers.
The young man, from Lecce, was headed to Rome. Once he reached the capital he should have reached Florence. He has a bruise on his shoulder, like many other passengers who were with him. The bus is left yesterday at 23pm from Lecce and was due to arrive at the capital's Tiburtina station at 7am.
In the Grottaminarda gym, almost all the Flixbus passengers are present, mostly with bruises: the doctors of the Avellino center are reporting them one by one. Some have a collar, some have bandages on their limbs, but nothing more.
Article published on 4 June 2023 - 09:05
