A passenger died after a car collided with a truck on the A2 del Mediterraneo motorway near Campagna, in the province of Salerno, while travelling northbound shortly before the Campagna tunnel.
The crash involved a private car and a heavy goods vehicle. According to initial accounts, the driver of the car was unharmed, while her passenger died as a result of the collision.
What happened
The collision occurred in the early afternoon on the northbound carriageway of the A2, just before the Galleria di Campagna.
Local reports describe the car striking the truck before the tunnel entrance. The passenger in the car was fatally injured. The driver was reported to be unhurt in the first reconstructions of the crash.
Sources do not fully agree on the number of people in the car. One account refers to the driver and the passenger, while two other local reports also mention a third person who was injured. The identities of the victim and the other occupants were not available in the sources consulted.
Emergency response
Emergency medical service 118 personnel, volunteers from Pubblica Assistenza Vopi, and the Polizia Stradale attended the scene.
Their intervention took place on the motorway while the circumstances of the crash were being established. No further verified details about hospital transfers were included in the sources consulted.
Traffic disruption
The crash caused slowdowns and disruption to traffic in the northbound direction.
The disruption occurred while emergency operations were under way on the stretch approaching the Campagna tunnel.
Cause still under investigation
The dynamics and causes of the collision were still being investigated at the time of the reports.
Among the possibilities mentioned was that the driver may have briefly fallen asleep at the wheel. That remains only an investigative hypothesis, not an established cause, and no exact kilometre point or precise time was provided in the sources consulted.
