Road accidents: clash in Calabria, three dead and 3 injured

(ANSA) - CASSANO ALLO IONIO, August 14 - Three dead and three injured, one of which is serious. This is the balance of a road accident that occurred near the bridge of the state road 106 on the Cratial river, the border between the territories of the municipalities of Cassano allo Ionio and Corigliano Rossano, in the province of Cosenza. Two cars involved in a head-on collision, a Mercedes and a RenaultClio. On the spot the Polstrada of Rossano and Trebisacce, firefighters of Rossano, carabinieri and agents of the municipal police of Cassano. The road was temporarily closed in both directions and detours on the provincial road were established. Anas teams are present on site to allow regular viability to be restored in the shortest possible time.Initially the dead were two then one of the wounded whose conditions were more serious died during the helicopter rescue journey to the hospital in Cosenza. There were a total of 7 passengers inside the vehicles involved. In addition to the helicopter rescue, after the crash, 3 ambulances and firefighters also intervened and worked to extract the wounded from the sheets. (HANDLE).