HAUNTING new details have emerged about a horror car crash that killed six people from two families.
The final minutes of the driver of an Alfa 159, which collided head-on with a Fiat Doblo on a "dangerous" road in Italy, have been revealed.
The Alfa was driven by Vincenzo Cipponeri, 44, and he was killed instantly.
His passenger Maria Pia Giambona, 34, is fighting for her life in Sant'Antonio Abate hospital in Trapani, in Sicily.
Dad-of-three Cipponeri had just dropped of his nine-year-old son at the boy's mum’s house minutes before the tragic accident, Giornale di Sicilia reports.
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His car collided head-on with a Fiat Doblo carrying two families from Carini, in the Palermo area, at around 7pm on Sunday.
Matteo Cataldo, 70, and his wife, Maria Grazia Ficarra, 67, died along with their 44-year-old son Danilo Cataldo.
Also in the Fiat was Cataldo's cousin Matteo Schiera, 72, and his wife Anna Rosa Romancino, 69, who were both killed.
Italy’s state news agency ANSA initially reported Giambona had been killed.
Witnesses described seeing the Alfa beginning to lose control about 300 yards before the smash and then zigzagging at high speed.
It hit the Fiat, which was travelling at just over 40 mph, and then went over it.
The sound of the head-on collision was reportedly heard from a distance.
Locals describe the road as "dangerous" and there have been numerous accidents on it caused by speeding drivers, says Corriere Della Serra reports.
The Alfa 156 was pictured by the barrier at the side of the road with its front crumpled.
The accident happened near to the famous beach of San Vito lo Capo and the road is extremely busy at weekends with day-trippers.
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The prosecutor of the Trapani region has opened an investigation into the crash.
The crash has left the local community stunned.
Trapani's Mayor Giuseppe Morfin: "Our city is in mourning for a tragedy that has broken seven lives. "
The Bishop of Trapani, Pietro Maria Fragnelli, added: "Let us pray for them - they will never cease to be a treasure for us all.
"Let us ask for the peace of heaven for them."
Earlier this year a five-year-old boy was left in a coma after a lorry smashed into his dad's car as they travelled to see his grandparents in Italy.
Dominic Boschetti, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was on a life support machine after the smash which also seriously injured his dad Giuseppe.
