A total of three people were treated in different medical centers after the accident of four vehicles in the tunnel on 27 de Febrero Avenue in the National District, which caused panic among those passing through the area, due to a gas leak. The status of those affected is not indicated.
According to a statement from the National 9-1-1 Emergency and Security Assistance System, the accident caused one to leak gas. That caused people to come out of their vehicles and ran outside in terror, as seen in a video on social networks.
The General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Safety (Digestett) closed the tunnel momentarily and coordinated the flow of vehicles. Furthermore, the Corps of Firefighters of the National District deployed three units to correct the leak of gas.
911 said that those affected were treated by ambulances of the Directorate of Out-of-hospital Emergency Care Services (DAEH), the Civil defense and a unit of the Military and Police Commission (Comipol).
He accident It occurred around two in the afternoon on Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day, and at 3:45, the flow of vehicles It was normal in the 27 de Febrero Avenue tunnel. The overpass covers Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill avenues.
“He 911 System He reiterated his call to the population to give way to the vehicles of emergencywith the objective of facilitating response operations and providing adequate assistance in critical situations,” the statement said.