The toll of the accident that took place late yesterday afternoon on the Lentina straight, the provincial road that connects San Vito lo Capo and Custonaci in the Trapani area, worsens.
The dead rise to seven: Maria Pia Giambona, the 34-year-old who was seriously injured and was hospitalized in the Sant'Antonio Abate hospital in Trapani, also died during the night.
The woman was aboard an Alfa 156 driven by Vincenzo Cipponeri, 44, who died instantly. The car collided head-on with a Fiat Doblò in which two families from Carini, in the Palermo area were travelling: Matteo Cataldo, 70, his wife Maria Grazia Ficarra, 67, their son Danilo Cataldo, 44, and a The other couple, Matteo Schiera, 72 years old, and his wife Anna Rosa Romancino, 69 years old, cousins of the Cataldo spouses. The first two victims were instead of Erice.
The impact between was very violent; the fire brigade teams, which arrived from Trapani and Alcamo, worked for a long time to extract the bodies of people from the metal sheets.
(Unioneonline/ss)
