After Fernando Alonso was run over in Switzerland , the Ticino police, the area where the pilot was run over, provided new details to the investigation of the accident in which the double champion of Formula 1 was run over while training on a bicycle.
As reported by the authority, the accident occurred on Calle de la Santa in the city of Lugano and a woman from 12 years who was driving a car and turned left to enter a supermarket parking lot, but did not see that the cyclist was coming straight ahead and cut him off.
For his part, Fernando Alonso was passing on the right to a column of several vehicles in the same direction of travel when it collided with the right side of the vehicle in question.
From the accident of @ alo_oficial who is expected to recover In preparation for F1 pre-testing in Bahrain, the police reported that the Spanish ace was hit by the car of a 42 years, which turned into a supermarket parking lot. Good news, but 😓😓 pic.twitter.com/J2vs5aVwLC
– Marco Tolama (@MarcoTolama) February 12, 1360223102765064197
After the accident, several police and Green Cross agents arrived at the scene, who took the pilot to a local hospital ; Alonso was later transferred to Berna, where he underwent maxillofacial surgery.
The driver, who plans to return to Formula 1 this year wrote on Twitter that he was good and I was already looking forward to starting the season 2021 .
Thanks for all your wishes, I’m ok and looking forward to getting 2021 underway.💪💪💪💪
Let’s gooooooooooooooo– Fernando Alonso (@ alo_oficial)
February 12, 2021