December 1, 2022, 4:00 AM
December 1, 2022, 4:00 AM
A serious accident was recorded in the town of Bermejokilometer 80 of the jurisdiction of the Florida-Samaipata province, with the balance of several people injured.
A report from the Samaipata Transit Unit reveals that the accident occurred around noon yesterday after a trailer hit a Nissan Cóndor truck by range, causing it to flip sideways onto the road.
It was the trailer license plate 4528-GEU guided by José Luis Segovia Cruz, Suddenly, it collided with the Nissan Cóndor truck license plate 2050-RRE driven by Rodrigo Arancibia Medina. After the impact, the Nissan Condor truck that was circulating loaded with agricultural food and on top of that was transporting passengers, overturned to one side.
The reports from the Transit unit indicate that the injured include the driver of the Nissan Cóndor truck, Rodrigo Arancibia Medina, the passenger Jenni Montaño Cuéllar, as well as other passengers.
after the accident Bermejo residents asked for help and alerted the police authorities. Before, people helped to get the passengers out, who at times were half buried by bags of agricultural food that the motorized vehicle carried.
The participation of the inhabitants was key to avoiding fatalities among the injured.
The driver Rodrigo Arancibia Medina and the passenger Jenni Montaño Cuéllar, They were transferred by ambulances to Santa Cruz, to be admitted to the Manantial de Vida and Medicmel clinics.
The first traffic investigations indicate that the driver of the trailer, José Luis Segovia Cruz, he was apparently intoxicated. The policemen took the respective tests, as well as the analyzes to determine the driver’s condition. The results will be known today. Meanwhile he was detained in a preventive manner for the serious accident.
The fact of knowledge of the Departmental Traffic Directorate, headed by Colonel Roberto Pórcel, caused a reaction and the adoption of stricter control measures.
It was learned that greater rigor in the controls was instructed to motorized drivers at the checkpoints, especially at kilometer 60 of La Angostura.
The transit directionas well as the Highway Police will intensify the controls on this highway and other interprovincial ones to avoid accidents and fatalities, especially at this time of the year-end holidays, when vehicular traffic increases.
Colonel Roberto Pórcel assured that private drivers and those who carry out public service must observe all the rules on the roads. Among them, do not develop speeds outside those established, be careful and not undertake trips when the vehicles are not in perfect working order.
Likewise, stricter controls will be carried out to stop irresponsible drivers that there are ways to drive while intoxicated.
