Zeri (Massa Carrara), 30 May 2023 –  Accident in the province of Massa Carrara. A bus carrying twenty high school students went off the road near the municipality of Zeri, on provincial road 37 . Nineteen suffered contusions, while one was more seriously injured. The bus fell into an escarpment and continued its run out of control for a few tens of metres, then stopped.

The boys involved are transferred to the Pontremoli  hospital and to the Massa hospital. Firefighters with various teams and even helicopters were on site. 118 sent some ambulances. Also present was the mayor of Zeri Christian Petacchi. The accident site is in Tecchia Rossa, halfway between the cities of Pontremoli and Zeri. 

The students almost all belong to the “Pacinotti Belmesseri” high school in Pontremoli, which brings together different courses, from hotel management to agriculture.  

To understand what caused the vehicle to skid and go off the road. Several calls to emergency vehicles that came from passing motorists. The bus belongs to Autolinee T

The bus would have ended up in an escarpment. Reaching the point where the bus stopped was not easy. All the students, apart from the most serious one, went out the windows. The incident happened after leaving school.

On site, among the various emergency vehicles, including those of the Alpine Rescue , to reach the rather impervious point where the bus ended up. Provincial road 37, where the accident took place, was closed to allow for relief efforts. The area is a few kilometers from the border between Liguria and Tuscany.