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 Cardarelli Hospital with a critical prognosis.
According to the USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) reconstruction, she was thrown from the bus following the impact. On-site investigations by the Local Police seem to support the hypothesis that the driver was ill, given that no skid marks were found on the road surface.
A 75-year-old woman is hospitalized with a reserved prognosis at Cardarelli
The vehicle has been impounded. "As USB," said Adolfo Vallini of the provincial executive, "we express our solidarity and sympathy to our colleague and to the people involved in this serious road accident, the cause of which is still unknown. Upon reaching the end of the ring road ramp, the bus left the road uncontrollably, first hitting the guardrail and then the sidewalk.
There are currently no reported casualties, but the crash was very violent. A woman who was presumably on board the bus at the time was thrown from the scene, sustaining injuries along with the driver. Local police, Carabinieri, and several 118 ambulances were at the scene of the accident. The ramp leading 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 our solidarity and closeness to our colleague and to the people involved in this serious road accident, the causes of which are still unknown."
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