His Fiat Strada overturned on state road 389, the road that leads from Lanusei to Nuoro.

The driver, a 62-year-old farmer from Villagrande, was almost unharmed, except that the explosion of the airbags caused him some abrasions.

However, in light of the dynamics of the accident which occurred around 5pm today in the Sa Soali area, the 118 operations centre in Sassari deemed it appropriate to have the Areus helicopter based in Elmas take off.

The crew of Echo Lima 3 landed close to the main road where they loaded the injured man who was transported to Lanusei.

The aircraft landed on the dirt road above the Lixius stadium, and not on the helipad of the fire brigade detachment as usually happens, and from there an ambulance transferred it to the Emergency Room of Nostra Signora della Mercede where the medical personnel carried out all the necessary checks.