The State Police of Imperia intervened promptly on the A10 motorway section, where a road train traveled for about 2 km on the roadway in the opposite direction to that of march, managing to thwart a tragedy.
The reporting to the Genoa Traffic Police Department was received from the radio room of the Autofiori dealership at 20.17 which, live, thanks to traffic surveillance cameras, assisted the crazy maneuver. The COA, while maintaining constant contact and coordination with the concessionaire's facilities and vehicles, immediately alerted all the vehicles in service and the trafficking patrols went to Sanremo to ensure that all measures were taken to safeguard traffic safety and safety for drivers.
Also from the cameras, it was possible to note that the heavy vehicle, which maintained a sustained speed and non-linear trajectories, had carried out a laborious reversing maneuver in a large by-pass, entering the correct direction of travel (towards France), to be then stopped at the Ventimiglia barrier by a Border Police patrol, alerted by the AOC, and by the highway patrol of the Traffic Police - Imperia Subsection arrived immediately after, covering the distance that separated it in an extremely short time.
No road user has been involved in accidents caused by the imprudent driving behavior of the heavy vehicle driver.
Subsequent checks showed that the driver, a Romanian citizen of the 1963 resident there, tested positive for the alcohol rate and was traveling at a speed of 97 km / h.
The same, referred to the judicial authority, will have to pay an administrative fine of 6500 euro while the vehicle has been confiscated.