It was a particularly hectic Saturday night on the roads of Southern Sardinia, where several traffic accidents occurred between 1am and the early hours of the morning. Three separate incidents, all with one thing in common: cars that went off the road or overturned. Several young people were injured, some of whom were taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
The first and most serious incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Via Nazionale in Rio Murtas, a hamlet of Narcao . A car carrying three young men in their early twenties struck a stationary truck and overturned. All three were placed on red code conditions. The injured were taken to hospitals in Cagliari and Carbonia.
A few hours later, around 4:00 a.m., another accident occurred in Ussana, along provincial road 20. A young man also lost control of his car, which went off the road and overturned. He was given a yellow code and taken to the Monserrato hospital.
Another serious incident occurred in Mandas, along provincial road 32. A twenty-year-old man, involved in a single-vehicle accident, ended up in his car and went off the road. Rescued by 118 paramedics, he was transported to Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari with a critical condition.
A series of accidents kept rescuers busy all night. None of the three incidents involved head-on collisions: all were single-vehicle accidents. A heavy toll, especially given the young age of those involved.