Overview

• A Fiat Panda driven by an ultra-ottantenne entered the A32 Torino-Bardonecchia in the wrong direction and collided head-on, killing its female passenger and injuring three others.
• Rescue teams extracted the occupants from mangled vehicles and airlifted the elderly driver to CTO hospital in Turin in critical condition.
• The northbound roadway between Borgone and Bussoleno-Chianocco remains closed, with traffic diverted onto state roads and multi-kilometre queues reported.
• Polizia Stradale di Susa is examining ramp layouts and camera footage to determine if the driver misentered at the Chianocco exit or reversed onto the carriageway.
• The crash follows a similar wrong-way collision on the A4 four days earlier, intensifying calls to improve highway signage, ramp design and elderly driver assessments.