Overview
- Conte's Fiat Panda left the provinciale 422 near San Defendente around 5 a.m., overturned, and caught fire while she was driving toward Dronero.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze and extracted her from the car as 118 responders attempted resuscitation, but she died at the scene.
- A separate head‑on collision on the outskirts of Cuneo between Ponte Vecchio and Madonna dell'Olmo left three women hospitalized in critical condition.
- Authorities have reported rain and fog across the area during the night, and official findings on precise causes have not yet been released.
- Other incidents were logged in Roccaforte Mondovì, Lurisia/Colle del Mortè, Grinzane Cavour, Verzuolo, Neive, and on Cuneo's East–West variant.