The news was confirmed by the Imbanaco Clinic and their relatives. The Great Freddy, one of the most important glories of Colombian soccer.
Colombia News.
World football is in mourning, a great man has left, one of the most important figures that Colombian sport gave birth to. The departure of Freddy Eusebio Rincón Valencia is a huge blow to his family and the entire country.
His death was confirmed around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, by the Imbanaco Clinic, where he was receiving care after the violent traffic accident he suffered around 4:44 a.m. on Monday, April 11. at the height of Calle 5 Carrera 34, in Cali.
The medical director of the Imbanaco Clinic, Laureano Quintero, in the company of two of Freddy’s children through a press conference, assured that despite all the efforts of the health personnel, “El Coloso” lost his life.
a tragic accident
Rincón was traveling aboard a private truck in which two women and one man were traveling. They had just left a social event.
The vehicle, as confirmed by the Cali authorities, passed the red light and ended up colliding violently with a MIO feeder bus.
After the fact was confirmed there were several injuries.
The women with minor and minor blows, the driver of the massive system with a tibia and knee fracture in his left leg for which he had to undergo surgery and Freddy Rincón, the patient who arrived unconscious and in a critical condition.
The truck did not have SOAT, it was red and has several violations
During the afternoon of this Monday, the mayor of Cali Jorge Iván Ospina and traffic authorities gave a press conference in which they explained new details of the accident that caused the death of Rincón.
They revealed that the vehicle was in the name of another person, had expired SOAT and several road violations registered in the Ministry of Mobility.
Also, he ran a red light.
To all this situation is added one more ingredient that has been known.
And it is that the authorities confirmed that breathalyzer tests were carried out on one of the women and the bus driver, both of which were negative.
There was a fourth occupant of the vehicle about whom they have no information, since he fled the scene after the accident.
It is not the first accident in which he has been involved.
To the accident on Monday is added the one that occurred during the year 2013, during that date the former soccer player also had an accident when he was moving in a truck between Buga and Andalusia.
At the time, authorities reported that the accident was caused by “rain and excessive speed. In the event, Rincón suffered a broken arm and a strong blow to the head,” he explained. Time.
