A Venezuelan identified as Alexander J. Colmenares Fernández, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after a pickup truck collided with him while unloading a Home Depot delivery truck at a home in Johnson County, Indiana, USA.
transcends into social networks that Alexander was a native of the city of Maracaibo, Zulia state and that he had 15 days after arriving in USA.
Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies said a pickup truck driven by a 63-year-old Greenwood man was heading east when it crashed into the rear of the delivery truck, trapping the young Venezuelan between the two vehicles, a circuit report says. CBS4.
Two other delivery men were injured: Arturo Hernández Tadeo Esdras and Oscar Bonilla, who presented severe bleeding and head injuries, for which they were taken to Eskenazi and Methodist hospitals.
Similarly, the driver of the van, Daniel Devine, was taken to the hospital for chest injuries.
Devine told agents he couldn’t see the delivery truck stopped on the road, likely because the rising sun blinded him.
The sheriff’s office said it does not believe intoxication or unsafe driving was a factor at this time.
“It appears to be a tragic accident due to difficulty seeing in sunlight,” the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said.
The accident occurred at 9:10 a.m. on July 11 in the 3000 block of West Olive Branch Road, west of State Road 135, according to a press release from Indianapolis television. Wish-Tv.
