A police officer died after colliding with a taxi that was parked on the shoulder. This occurred at km 174,900 of Route 1, she informed The Observer Colonia Police Chief Jhonny Diego.
The 31-year-old agent was riding a motorcycle to the south while the taxi was parked on the shoulder. The taxi driver opened the door and the agent hit the vehicle and was thrown.
Due to the blow, the agent suffered a skull fracture and died at the scene. The 54-year-old taxi driver is in custody waiting to testify before the prosecution; As reported by the Highway Police, spirometry was performed and yielded a negative result.
It is the second accident in 24 hours in Cologne, after Three people died on Monday after a pickup truck collided with a truck parked on the side of the road. One of them was the brother of the Peñarol goalkeeper, Thiago Cardozo.
On Friday the 13th, three women died after the car they were traveling in got hit by a truck when they were trying to cross Route 1. One of them was an 11-year-old girl.
Until January 13, 19 deaths in traffic accidents had been registered, two more than the same period last year, confirmed to El Observador the director of the Unit, Alejandro Draper.
According to the chief, January “has always been one of the months with the highest accident rate.”
To this, Draper continued, is added an “increase in mobility” of 10 to 12% in 2022 compared to 2021. “Until November, 33 million toll tickets had been issued,” said the director, who added that there was also “higher vehicle sales.”
