A serious road accident occurred yesterday afternoon along the highway 106, at the height of the Alaca stream, in the territory of Sant’Andrea. To be injured by a 26 -year -old young man who, according to what is learned, was walking through the section in the direction of Reggio Calabria aboard his car, when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle, breaking through a wall of the bridge that crosses the river and ending up off the road.
The 118 health workers intervened on the spot, the firefighters and the carabinieri of the company of Soverato. The conditions of the young man immediately appeared very serious, so much so that the intervention of the helicopter rescue necessary. The injured person was urgently transported to the “Pugliese-Ciaccio” hospital in Catanzaro. Law enforcement officers have started investigations to clarify the dynamics of the accident. Several hypotheses are not excluded at the moment: an illness, a distraction, or a loss of adherence of the car. The findings performed by the carabinieri will be decisive to establish the causes and any responsibilities.
The episode rekindles the attention on the danger of the state road 106, for years sadly known as “road of death” for the high number of accidents, often also fatal, which occur along its track. Inadequate in terms of safety, without emergency lanes in many sections and characterized by narrow roads and insidious curves, the state road represents one of the most critical infrastructures in the South. For some time, local institutions and civic committees have asked for urgent interventions for the safety of the artery especially in the Davoli-Monasterace section.