Stintino, collision between a car and a van: a 23-year-old boy dies

Tragedy on the road to Stintino.

A 22-year-old young man in an Iveco 35 pickup truck died instantly after a head-on collision with a car, a Volvo v40.

The victim is Luca Baraghini, from Porto Torres.

The accident occurred at Pozzo San Nicola on the provincial road 57.

The 118 medical team, who arrived on site after the alarm, could not help but ascertain the death of the young man.

Two helicopter rescue vehicles intervened on the site of the tragedy, one from 118 and another from the firefighters of the provincial command of Sassari, who arrived together with their colleagues from Porto Torres, committed to freeing another person from the cockpit of the car, was seriously injured after the impact and wedged between the sheets.

The dynamics of the incident are being ascertained, but it seems that following the collision the victim was thrown from the van. To manage the emergency, the carabinieri of the Nor and the soldiers of the Stintino station also went into action, together with the barracelli.

According to initial investigations, the driver of the van after losing control of the vehicle would have invaded the opposite lane, impacting the car coming in the opposite direction.