1 dead, traffic blocked for kilometers

Fatal accident around 10 am today, Thursday 4 April, onhighway A14 in the area of Cupra Marittima (Ascoli Piceno). Following a collision chain, the truck caught fire inside Gallery of Vinci for reasons under investigation. After all, they are involved three cars, two trucks (one of which was transporting alcohol) and a foreign bus with 8 people coming from Macedonia. There was also one person dead, probably a foreign national, and at least 10 injured. There the victim he is the driver of the bus stuck in the car.

The accident happened under the Vinci tunnel in the Cupra Marittima section, between It has been suspended e Grottammare in the direction of Pescara km 391. The stretch was it is closed until 2 o’clock at night traffic he was stuck with at least 8 kilometers of queues. Among the 11 injured, two Macedonians were transported to the emergency room in Fermo, 7 to San Benedetto and one to the Torrette hospital in Ancona.

According to the first information received, it was a collision between two trucks and a bus. One of the trucks exported glass he was stopped in the queue after being hit by the bus which was also hit by a truck with German registration numbers. beer. At that time, the fire quickly reached the bus that was traveling ahead. Traffic police are on site fire fighters who are trying to control the situation.

At the same time, it is chaos in the streets. Autostrade workers have started to distribute water bottles for queuing drivers. The section of the A14 affected by the accident was it was reopened after 2:00 p.m thanks to the installation of a deviation in the opposite lane, according to what was presented by the company Autostrade per l’Italia. Currently, there is a 9km queue at the event site towards Pescara. Users heading to Pescara are advised to exit Porto Sant’Elpidio, travel on normal roads and return to the A14 in Grottammare.

It is not the first time that a fatal accident has occurred on this stretch of road. Already in 2018 there was one explosion after a heavy vehicle caught fire while passing under the Castello canal, heading south, a short distance from the Grottammare toll booth.