Overview
- About 80 vehicles, including cars, vans and heavy trucks, were involved in the chain-reaction crash inside the Villafranca tunnel between Milazzo and Rometta.
- Firefighters are separating crumpled vehicles and securing fuel tanks as police manage the scene and traffic.
- Authorities report several people injured, with no deaths confirmed so far.
- The motorway is closed both ways to allow rescue operations and evacuations, causing significant disruption.
- Additional collisions linked to slick pavement were reported nearby, including roughly 30 vehicles at Tracoccia after an earlier single-vehicle incident near the San Pier Niceto bridge.