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Motorcycle hits a dry stone wall, two motorcyclists die in Salento

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Two men aged 51 and 52, both residents of Montesano Salentino, died in a road accident that occurred in the afternoon on the road between Montesano and Ruffano.
The driver of the Yamaha 600 motorcycle lost control due to the high speed, crashing into a dry stone wall.
The rescue efforts were in vain.

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The accident occurred in the afternoon on the country road between Montesano Salentino and Ruffano, where the motorbike hit a dry stone wall.

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The death toll from the road accident which occurred in Montesano Salentino this afternoon is two. The driver of the Yamaha 600 motorcycle and the passenger died. They are two men aged 51 and 52, both from Montesano. Probably, due to the high speed, the driver lost control of the motorbike which ended up against a dry stone wall on a country road between Montesano and Ruffano. The impact was fatal, rescue efforts were in vain.

The carabinieri are on site to investigate.

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What was the exact speed of the motorcycle at the time of the accident?
Were there any eyewitnesses other than the police?
What were the precise causes that led to the loss of control?

Motorcycle hits a dry stone wall, two motorcyclists die in Salento

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Two men aged 51 and 52, both residents of Montesano Salentino, died in a road accident that occurred in the afternoon on the road between Montesano and Ruffano.
The driver of the Yamaha 600 motorcycle lost control due to the high speed, crashing into a dry stone wall.
The rescue efforts were in vain.

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