Viterbo: 18-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured in car collision

An 18-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured following a collision between a car and a motorcycle in the La Quercia district of Viterbo on Tuesday afternoon, October 13.

The accident occurred at the intersection of via del Santuario-viale Fiume and strada Acquabianca, near the entrance to the road leading toward Vitorchiano. The collision involved a Ford automobile and a Honda Transalp motorcycle. The impact caused the motorcycle to fall to the ground and resulted in damage to the front right section of the car.

Emergency medical services transported the young man to Santa Rosa Hospital in ‘codice rosso’ (red code) status. While the collision was violent, reports indicate the rider remained conscious during rescue operations and was not believed to be in immediate life-threatening danger.

The driver of the car was uninjured. Local police arrived at the scene to conduct investigations into the cause of the crash and the exact dynamics of the impact. The incident caused significant traffic disruptions, including long queues on viale Trieste, as authorities closed the road to facilitate emergency and investigative work.