A truck caught fire this Monday on General Paz Avenue at the height of the Riccheri / Dellepiane bridge without any victims being recorded, but an agent of the Motorized Police of the city of Buenos Aires who participated in the traffic diversion operation for this incident was hit by a utility vehicle and was transferred to a hospital with polytrauma, road sources reported.
The fire occurred shortly after 7 a.m. on General Paz y Riccheri avenue, where the driver of a truck that was traveling in the direction of the Río de la Plata stopped its march in the shoulder area when he noticed that smoke was coming out of the vehicle’s engine.
when descending, The vehicle began to catch fire and the flames reached the entire cabin of the truck.
Two crews of firefighters arrived at the scene and fought the igneous focus.
While, An agent of the City’s motorized police who was participating in the traffic diversion operation for this incident on General Paz Avenue was hit by a utility vehicle.
The driver of the police motorcycle suffered polytrauma and was taken to a hospital in the area by the SAME emergency service.
Traffic was diverted to the Dellepiane highway and delays were generated from the beginning of General Paz Avenue and Puente de la Noria, so the road authorities recommended avoiding the area and taking alternative routes.
Traffic in the area was already complicated early on because, at the Ricchieri junction with the Dellepiane highway, over the General Paz Avenue bridge, two cars collided and overturned with at least two people injured.
This sinister road caused delays on the Riccheri highway towards downtown Buenos Aires from the Central Market area.
