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Giorgetto Giugiaro Stable After SUV Overturn on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda

Emergency crews airlifted the 87-year-old designer to an Olbia hospital following his solo Land Rover Defender overturn on a twisting Costa Smeralda road.

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Overview

  • Giugiaro lost control of his Land Rover Defender in the morning of July 25 on the winding Abbiadori stretch near Porto Cervo and plunged down an embankment.
  • The SUV overturned several meters below the asphalt road in a solo accident with no other vehicles involved.
  • 118 Emergency Service teams deployed airbags on site and arranged a helicopter transfer to Giovanni Paolo II hospital in Olbia.
  • Medical staff report that Giugiaro sustained multiple traumas but his condition has stabilized with no life-threatening injuries.
  • Local authorities have begun investigating the factors that led to the crash to improve safety on the region’s treacherous roads.