Unspoken tragedy occurred earlier at noon on Friday on the Pyrgos-Kyparissia highway, at the height of Elaia in Messinia, when the shocking traffic accident caused by a truck cut the thread of life to four people, including a 12-month-old infant and a 13-year-old girl, who were in separate cars.
The accident occurred when the 39-year-old driver of the lorry, which was traveling towards Kyparissia, lost control for an unknown reason, entering a straight road, after a “difficult” turn, the vehicle “folded”, crossed into the oncoming traffic and collided with three passing vehicles, causing the fatal accident.
In fact, the heavy vehicle literally crushed two of the cars involved in the accident, with the images being shocking and requiring the intervention of the fire brigade with 12 firefighters with 6 vehicles to extricate the victims.
According to reports, the first car that collided with the truck was occupied by a family living abroad who had traveled to Nafplio to see their relatives and spend holidays in the Peloponnese. The 38-year-old father and his just 12-month-old daughter were recovered from the vehicle, and the 38-year-old mother and their son, aged about 6, were injured and taken to the Karamandaneio Hospital in Patras.
A man in his 50s, a 13-year-old girl and a 60-year-old woman who was seriously injured were recovered from the second car, which was wedged under the truck, which had “folded” onto the roadway.
Also injured are a 25-year-old man who is being treated as an intubated patient in Kalamata, the 39-year-old driver of the truck and a 61-year-old man, both of whom are being treated at the Kyparissia hospital.
The National Road Pyrgos – Kyparissia has been closed and traffic is on a bypass road via Elaia.
The traffic accident occurred in the well-known in the region “turn of Elaia”, where in the past there have been many similar incidents.
