Accident on the Bovesana of 9 November 2026
Date of the event:
On 9 November 2026, shortly after 10am, a head-on collision between a car and a lorry occurs along the Bovesana state road, on the outskirts of Cuneo. The lorry catches fire in the impact. The collision kills one person who was in the car [1][2][3].
Sequence of events and rescue
Also travelling in the car involved in the crash was a 42-year-old woman, who was seriously injured and treated as a red-code (critical) case. The lorry driver suffered less serious injuries, classified as yellow-code (moderate) [2][3]. Both injured people were taken by ambulance to Cuneo's Santa Croce hospital [2][3].
Firefighters responded to the scene, working to put out the fire that broke out on the lorry and to secure the vehicles involved [2][3]. Law enforcement carried out an on-site survey to reconstruct how the collision happened and managed traffic, which was slowed by the rescue operations [2][3][4].
Impact on traffic
The road was closed to allow rescuers to work, the fire to be put out, and law enforcement to carry out its survey; debris on the road surface made further clearing operations necessary [4]. The accident adds to the province of Cuneo's road death toll, which, depending on the count reported by sources, had reached either 41 or 42 since the start of 2026 [2][3][4].
Sources
- IdeaWebTv — 9 November 2026
- Quotidiano Piemontese — 9 November 2026
- ANSA Piemonte — 9 November 2026
- CronacaQui Torino — 9 November 2026