(ANSA) - PALERMO, MARCH 27 - The death toll from the road accident that took place late yesterday afternoon on the Lentina straight, the provincial road that connects San Vito lo Capo and Custonaci in the Trapani area, has risen to seven.
During the night, Maria Pia Giambona, 34, who had been hospitalized in desperate conditions in the intensive care unit, also died in the Sant'Antonio Abate hospital in Trapani.
The woman was aboard an Alfa 156 driven by Vincenzo Cipponeri, 44, who died on the spot.
The car collided head-on with a Fiat Doblò in which two families from Carini, in the Palermo area were travelling: Matteo Cataldo, 70, his wife, Maria Grazia Ficarra, 67, his son Danilo Cataldo, 44, and another couple, Matteo Schiera, 72 years old, and his wife Anna Rosa Romancino, 69 years old,
cousins of the spouses Cataldo.
The first two victims were instead of Erice.
The impact between the two cars was extremely violent;
the fire brigade teams, arrived from Trapani and Alcamo, worked for a long time to extract the bodies of the people who were on board from the plates.
On the spot, the carabinieri and the Polstrada agents carried out the usual surveys to ascertain the responsibilities and causes of the accident, almost certainly linked to the high speed.
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