The first five days of December already leave more than 40 dead, including a mother, her two daughters and her grandson, a baby they were carrying in the truck. Traffic accidents due to rain, imprudence and other factors.
Colombian News.
Between December 1 and 6, the country has gone from tragedy to tragedy due to traffic accidents on national highways, inter-municipal roads and in cities, only in Risaralda, 34 people who they were on a bus they died between Sunday and Monday, and at least three more families perished.
The tragedy in Risaralda
⚠️ Colombia is experiencing a new tragedy on its roads, now due to a landslide. On Sunday a bus, a car and a motorcycle were buried in #PuebloRico, Risaralda, they have already recovered 33 lifeless bodies; of them three of children. ?? https://t.co/MCf9E2KY9e pic.twitter.com/JhyZElhKG5
— TuBarco (@tubarconews) December 5, 2022
In an inhospitable point of the road in Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, this Sunday a tragedy occurred, 34 people died.
The bus and the motorcycle before being dragged by tons of earth.
The bus swept away by a landslide.
The mountain began to collapse, and in a matter of seconds buried the bus, a motorized vehicle, and a truck.
A mule tractor fell into a house
In the Corregimiento of Julio Zawady in the department of Magdalena, a family died in their own home, after a mule tractor fell on top of them.
The tragedy occurred when the victims were sleeping in a house located in the village of El Reposo.
The victims were injured, and as their neighbors could, they moved them to the hospital San Cristóbal de Ciénaga, where medical personnel treated them. But minutes later, they confirmed the death of three of the three members of this family.
They were identified as Rodrigo Franco, Lus DC and little Dilan Montes.
The mule tractor that fell on the house. Photo via El Colombiano.
This accident is under investigation.
A mother, her daughters and a baby
While in La Guajira, a mother, her two daughters and a baby they were carrying, died this Monday in a violent traffic accident.
They were in a red truck, and ended up ‘crushed’ by two mule tractors, although a third heavy-duty vehicle was also involved.
They went from Barranquilla to Riohacha, where they lived.
It was registered at 1:00 in the afternoon of this December 5, in the Troncal del Caribe between the corregimientos of Río Ancho and Mingueo, jurisdiction of Dibulla.
Accident rate in Colombia
There are already 6,748 people who have lost their lives in the first 10 months of the year, according to the National Observatory for Road Safety.
Most of these accidents have been in urban areas. Among the main causes:
- To lose control of the vehicle at an inappropriate speed.
Experts explain that in the case of motorized, this is aggravated because “at the time of the fall, he clings to the steering wheel of the vehicle.”
- Zigzagging in two-way lanes
- Running red lights
- improper crossings
The reports of traffic accidents show that, “al least 7 out of 10 fatalities In colombia they have to do with motorcycles.”
And that in addition, pedestrians and cyclists who are run over by motorcycles, indicated Miguel Forero, president of SOS Motocultura.
