Car Crash on Milan Ring Road Injures Three, Including a Child
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A road collision between two cars has injured three people on the ring road in Milan, Italy.
One of the injured was a four-year-old child who was in one of the cars.
The crash caused a very long traffic queue on the busy road.
Emergency services arrived at the scene to help the injured people.
The road was partly blocked, which slowed down traffic for a long time.
Drivers in the area faced big delays because of the accident.
The exact cause of the crash has not been reported yet.
This type of accident is a reminder of how dangerous ring roads can be.
Similar accidents have also happened on other ring roads in Italy recently.
In one case near Trento, a car hit concrete barriers, leaving one person injured.
In another case, a crash led to the closure of a road, forcing drivers to exit at a specific point.
These events show that accidents on fast roads can cause big problems for traffic and safety.
Local authorities are expected to look into what caused the Milan crash.
People are advised to drive carefully, especially on busy ring roads.
Vocabulary5 words
- collision
- when two vehicles hit each other
- queue
- a line of cars waiting to move
- emergency services
- police, firefighters, and medical teams who help in accidents
- concrete barriers
- hard walls on a road that stop cars from going off it
- authorities
- people or groups in charge, like police or government
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1. A road collision between two cars 2. A four-year-old child 3. A car hit concrete barriers
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A road _____ between two cars has injured three people on the ring road in Milan, Italy.
One of the injured was a four-year-old _____ who was in one of the cars.
The crash caused a very long traffic _____ on the busy road.
_____ arrived at the scene to help the injured people.
The road was partly _____, which slowed down traffic for a long time.
Drivers in the area faced big _____ because of the accident.
The exact _____ of the crash has not been reported yet.
Similar accidents have also happened on other ring roads in _____ recently.
In one case near Trento, a car hit _____, leaving one person injured.
Local _____ are expected to look into what caused the Milan crash.
Discussion questions
- Why do you think accidents often cause long traffic queues?
- What safety measures could help prevent crashes on busy ring roads?
- Have you ever been stuck in traffic because of an accident? What happened?
- Do you think drivers should be more careful on ring roads? Why?
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