On the night of Saturday, December 31 and in the early morning of this Sunday, January 1 there were no fatal traffic accidents in the country, although in Maldonado an accident left a woman in serious condition. Secondly, there were five positive spirometryreported the spokesperson for Highway Police, Vanessa Briozzo. In San José there was an accident on New Year’s morning; It involved several people, but all had minor injuries.
“There has been a positive balance so far”he said in dialogue with The Observer. In any case, due to the “intense vehicular flow” that will be on national routes by the end of the second half of December and the beginning of the one that opens in January, only on Monday around noon will the closure be made with the information of what happened these days.
The accident in Maldonado happened around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday on route 10, km 178. A car was going along the route from west to east and when trying to enter to the left by a side street was hit “frontolaterally” by another vehicle going in the opposite direction. The companion of the car rammed was transferred to public health after being treated at the scene. Her diagnosis was “severe polytraumatized”. The driver was uninjured.
Who was driving the other car? A 30-year-old Argentine woman was discharged at the scene with “minor injuries.” Spirometry control it turned out negative.
Highway Police
Photo of the traffic accident that happened on the night of the 31st
On the other hand, on the morning of this Sunday there was an accident on route 3, km 112. Firefighters from the San José de Mayo detachment went to the scene past 11:00.
It was about a collision between three vehicles, reported from the National Directorate of Firefighters. The five occupants had been rescued before the arrival of the troops. “All the people involved suffered minor multiple injuries”they added.
Operation “Blue Summer”
The operation that was deployed on the night of the 31st and in the early morning of New Yearor it was framed in the Blue Summer operation, launched on December 21 and which extends to Tourism.
During this period, there are no licenses in the Highway Police, so all the personnel are available, Briozzo explained. Controls are increased and the coastal area is reinforced, in departments such as Canelones, Maldonado and Rocha.
Besides “the area of the south coast of the country is not neglected due to the international bridge”, Indian. The same happens with Salto and Paysandú, also for the flow of people traveling to and from Argentina.
