A 17-year-old minor died after being crushed by a trailer on one of the exit routes of the oval of the Apipa housing association, the border between the districts of Yura and Cerro Colorado; The driver of the unit was detained by police officers.
Tomas Ccasa54 years old, is the driver of the trailer with license plate V4M-886 that was transporting several tons of sheep wool in the wagon with license plate VDD-987. Minutes before noon this Friday, the transporter was circulating without incident through the area to head to the district of Cerro Colorado.
Seconds after passing the interchange, he was stopped by other drivers, who alerted him that Its passage had left one person seriously injured. Lying on the pavement Tony H.T., 17, who had an open wound at the level of the abdomen after being crushed by the truck against the central divider of the avenue.
Apparently, the minor was walking along the road to try to cross it and the driver would not have noticed his presence when entering the oval towards Apipa Avenue. According to witnesses to the accident, the driver He would have tried to leave the place, but finally was intervened by agents from the Ciudad de Dios police station. The truck ended up about 300 meters from the accident site.
It was the night watchmen of the municipality of Yura who went to the place to assist the injured man and evacuate him in a van to the San Pablo clinic; However, the victim ended up dying on the journey due to the serious injury he had in his abdomen.
Aware through social networks of the accident that the minor had had, his mother went to the scene of the accidentwhere they informed him that they could not save the minor, breaking into tears and wailing.
The experts from the Traffic Accident Prevention and Investigation Unit (UPIAT) of the Police went to the scene to take charge of the investigations that will establish how the fatal accident occurred; he trailer driver was taken to the police stationwhere he will be investigated for the alleged crime of manslaughter.
