The bus, in service on line 130, ended up off the road while travelling along Corso Malta in Napoli.
The vehicle, having reached the end of the ramp, tangential, left the roadway, it is not clear whether due to the driver feeling ill or a breakdown, and hit the guardrail and then the sidewalk.
A 74-year-old woman who was on board the bus and the driver suffered various injuries and were admitted to the Cardarelli hospital with a reserved prognosis.
According to the reconstruction of the Usb (Unione sindacale di base) following the impact she would have been thrown out of the bus. On site the surveys carried out by the Local Police would seem to credit the hypothesis of the driver's illness since no signs of braking were found on the road surface.
A 75-year-old woman is hospitalized with a reserved prognosis at Cardarelli
The vehicle was seized. “As Usb – says Adolfo Vallini of the provincial executive – we express solidarity and closeness to the colleague and the people involved in this serious road accident, the causes of which are not yet fully known. Once the bus reached the end of the ramp of the ring road, it left the roadway without control, crashing first into the guardrail, and then onto the sidewalk.
At the moment there are no victims but the crash was very violent. A woman who was presumably present at the time on board the bus was thrown out and injured along with the driver”. The local police, the carabinieri and several 118 ambulances are at the scene of the accident. The ramp down from Corso Malta is temporarily closed to traffic.
The municipal police officers intervened on site Napoli, the Carabinieri and the 118 ambulances. The ramp going down from Malta course it was temporarily closed to traffic.
He intervenes on the incident Adolfo Vallini, of the provincial executive of Naples of theUsb: “As USB we express solidarity and closeness to our colleague and to the people involved in this serious road accident, the causes of which are not yet fully known”.
Article published on 2 January 2024 - 20:59
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