The Chilean footballer Javier Altamiranoof the Students of La Plata, He suffered a cervical injury in the last few hours as a result of a car accident, according to the club. According to the medical report published by ‘Pincha’ on his social network account at rest” and will be subjected to “new studies to decide definitive conduct.”
In the accident, which occurred this Friday in the town of City Bell, neighboring La Plata and where the red and white team usually trains, Altamirano’s vehicle collided with a car driven by a woman, with the footballer being responsible for the crash, according to the police report. . The Capital Region I La Plata Superintendency reflected in the report that both were “injured” and the presence of the Emergency Medical Care System (SAME) was even necessary.
Altamirano fue sad protagonist in Argentine football last March, when he fainted during a League Cup match -tournament of the first half of the year in the South American country- against Boca Juniors. The young man had decompensated as a result of a “thrombosis of the superior longitudinal sinus” in the brain, causing seizures during the eleventh day of the Argentine soccer league Cup.
The game was suspended in the 27th minute of the first half, after Altamirano suffered that episode that included a series of seizures on the field of play. The ambulance entered the stadium and took him to the Platense Medical Institute, located five blocks from the Platense stadium, where the condition was repeated before regaining consciousness in the clinic.
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After visiting several health centers, the footballer was admitted to the Fleni Institute in Buenos Aires, specialized in neurological cases, from which he was discharged on March 27 to continue resting at home. In May he returned to training and, although he could not play in the final, he participated in the celebration of the title won by ‘Pincha’ in their game against Vélez Sarsfield, which earned them a place to compete in the next Copa Libertadores.
