There were several factors that triggered the death of the son of Diomedes Díaz, the most decisive: speeding.
Colombia News.
Finally, the justice determined that speeding was the cause of the death of valenato singer Martín Elías, the youngest of the four children of Diomedes Díaz and Patricia Acosta.
On Thursday afternoon through a statement, Dayana Jaimes, the artist’s widow, made it known, saying that with the judge’s ruling “he had closed a cycle in his life.”
Armando Quintero, driver of Martín Elías, was sentenced to 32 months in prison, a sentence that the sentenced person will not pay in jail after benefiting from the measure of conditional suspension of the execution of the sentence.
I thank the doctor @OSierrAbogado to the doctor @DalilaHenao1 for accompanying me in this process during these years, where they represented me as lawyers for the victims, and at all times respected the decisions of the judge and the prosecutor. Thank you for your effort and professionalism. pic.twitter.com/V0oInxtsEi
– Dayana Jaimes (@Dayanajaime) February 24, 2022
Speeding
The artist’s widow has stated that with this ruling the truth about Martin’s death was revealed: The vehicle in which he was traveling at the time of the accident, a pearl-colored Toyota Land Cruiser 200 Imperial van, was going 157 kilometers per hour, a speed that was not allowed on that road.
The accident
Martín and his group had finished in the early hours of the morning, their presentation in an event hall in Coveñas, Sucre.
After a few minutes of rest, the artist, several of his musicians, headed towards the city of Cartagena, taking the San Onofre road.
See: Dayana Jaimes spoke about the accusation of the Prosecutor’s Office against the driver of Martín Elías
Armando Quintero was the driver and Martín Elías was the co-driver in the luxurious Toyota van. Behind them were two other people, including Rafael Rico Pichón, a man the singer trusted.
bad condition of the road
When the vehicle was traveling through a sector known as Aguas Negras, one of the tires crossed a hole in the road and the tire exploded, causing the vehicle to overturn at a speed of 157 kilometers per hour.
Road where Martín Elías had an accident. Photo@elmeridiano. Regarding the poor state of the road, the municipal administration blamed the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI), an entity that handed over this road in 2015 to the El Cóndor concession.
Martin was not wearing a belt
The car managed to spin several times in the air, according to witnesses, and Martín Elías was ejected through the panoramic glass because he was not wearing a seat belt. The other companions of his did it and the airbags They protected them from dying.
Badly injured, Martín was left lying on the road and was rescued by the community of that sector. After a few minutes, Rolando Ochoa’s car arrives at the site, his accordion player, who was accompanied by the singer’s manager, JuanK Vega.
How could they, they transferred Martin to a hospital
The other occupants of the car suffered various injuries to their bodies that kept them in clinics for months, but in the end their lives were safe.
Hospital in poor condition
Martín was taken in Rolando Ochoa’s truck to the San Onofre Hospital, a health post that could do nothing for the vallenato singer.
Juanma Drums, drummer for Martín Elías, tells us that there were no medicines and few equipment and implements on the site to attend to an injured person of the magnitude of the accident suffered by the singer.
There they gave him first aid and then he was taken by ambulance to the Santa María Clinic in Sincelejo, a care center where Diomedes Díaz’s son finally died due to cardiac arrest, causing great pain and confusion in his family and in his fandom.
Another accident due to the poor condition of the road ended the life of another artist
Kaleth Morales, the so-called King of the New Wave, died on August 24, 2005 when he was traveling in his truck from the municipality of Plato Magdalena to Valledupar.
He was in his truck in the company of his brother Kheiner Morales apparently lost control of the vehicle due to a hole in the road, ending up overturned.
His death generated consternation in the country due to his youth and for tyrating the son of a renowned Vallento folklore artist such as Miguel Morales, voice of ‘Los Diablitos’.
Cover photo: @probderuta
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