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PALAGONIA – A serious road accident has just occurred on the SS417 Gela-Catania road at the Palagonia junction. The crash, which was particularly violent, involved several vehicles and left multiple people injured.
Help was requested immediately and rescue teams arrived to provide first aid to the travellers caught up in the collision.
Emergency air ambulance to Cannizzaro hospital
One of the injured was in a critical condition from the start. The 118 paramedics who reached the scene requested immediate air support:
- Transport by air ambulance: the air ambulance landed near the road to collect the most seriously injured person after initial stabilisation at the scene.
- Handover at the hospital: the casualty was urgently transferred to the emergency room at Cannizzaro hospital in Catania to be treated by medical staff.
- The other casualties: the other people injured in the crash were assisted by ambulances that arrived on site and taken to local hospitals.
Investigations, police and total traffic shutdown
To allow the helicopter to land, the initial rescue operations and subsequent investigations to reconstruct the exact circumstances of the accident, the road was closed to traffic in both directions.
The Carabinieri and ANAS staff are on the scene to manage the traffic block and divert vehicles onto alternative routes. Long tailbacks are reported along the road linking the province of Caltanissetta with that of Catania.
