Worker dies when hit on motorway in the Florentine area

A 48-year-old man of Senegalese origin, a road worker for Autostrade per l'Italia, died last night after being hit by a car along the A11 motorway, near the Prato est toll booth, in the municipal area of ​​Campi Bisenzio (Florence).

Rescue was prompt, but there was nothing that could be done for the man. The driver of the car stopped after the accident and was then taken to hospital.

Long queues formed during the rescue activities and investigations by the traffic police which ended during the night. From what we have learned, the man was in the emergency lane, yet to clarify why, when he was hit.