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A wild boar crossing the highway, 7 were injured last night in an incredible carom between cars on the A4 between the junctions of San Stino and Portogruaro: close to tragedy. The worst thing was a Friulian woman who was run over by her husband’s Mercedes (in turn hit by a rear) after getting out of the vehicle to find out about the situation.
The alarm went off at 118 approximately 4:20 p.m. last night – September 6) when a couple of German tourists He collided with a large boar that had managed to enter the highway. The two, aboard a Mercedes, were returning to Germany. When they arrived a couple of kilometers after the San Stino junction, on the road to Trieste, they encountered the incredible obstacle. To block their way a large wild boar weighing almost two tons that somehow managed to force the fence. The blow was devastating, with the Mercedes smashed to the front right and the claw instantly dying. In the crash, all hell broke loose in seconds with a sequence of rear-end collisions between oncoming vehicles.
The first to get involved after the German couple, two Friulans, husband and wife from Udine, who in turn were returning home with their Mercedes. When the man faced the other Mercedes, he couldn’t avoid the impact. The woman left immediately to find out the conditions of the other two and to save herself from a probable rear-end collision. That insight occurred immediately, but the woman was injured in the incredible sequence of vehicles that collided shortly after.
As soon as she got out, in fact, she was run over by her husband’s car which was catapulted forward after the rear-end collision of a Mitsubishi of 3 Padua friends who arrived shortly after. The friulana was thrown a few meters away, ending ruinously on the asphalt, hitting her head. While the alarm had already reached rescuers, two other German friends also got involved in the carom, ending their Volkswagen minivan against Paduan’s car. The highway police officers arrived at the scene with the concessionaire’s traffic assistants, the firefighters from Portogruaro and two ambulances departed respectively from San Donà and Portogruaro.
In total, 7 people had to be examined by health professionals.
“The news of the accident caused by a wild boar in A4 only confirms, sadly, our long-standing alarms.” This was stated by Michele Pavan, president of Coldiretti Fvg, commenting on the dynamics of the accident on the highway between San Stino and Portogruaro. “We are on the border with our region, but obviously the situation is the same – observes Pavan -. These animals, estimated at 20 thousand units in Fvg, are free to circulate in the countryside and urban areas and cause very serious damage to crops, also putting the safety of citizens at risk.
Traffic accidents are one of many serious consequences. According to an investigation by the national Coldiretti – continues the president of Coldiretti Fvg – in Italy there are 10,000 traffic accidents a year caused by wild animals, with 13 deaths in the first nine months of 2019 compared to 11 registered throughout the year. previous. This umpteenth episode must necessarily lead our Region to take charge of the situation and not limit itself to the usual statements of the rite ”.
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