The impact between his motorbike and a car driven by a tourist sent him flying five metres.

A 54-year-old man from Santa Maria Navarrese fell to the pavement after the collision that occurred around 6:00 PM today along the Orientale highway, between the Santa Maria Navarrese junction and the Triei intersection.

The Vespa driver was rescued by staff from the Le Grazie association, but in light of the circumstances, the 118 operations centre in Sassari ordered the dispatch of a helicopter .

An Areus Echo Lima 1 aircraft, which had taken off from its Olbia base, landed on site in the Lotzorai area and transported the injured man to the San Francesco Hospital in Nuoro. The driver suffered multiple injuries. Carabinieri from the Lanusei company and firefighters from Tortolì operated.

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