tragedy in canete. A 22-year-old student, who also worked as a hostess, lost her life when she was crushed by a public lighting pole while she was at a bus stop in the district of Asia, waiting for a public transport vehicle. The accident occurred during the afternoon of Monday, December 26, at the whereabouts of the boulevard, located at kilometer 97 of the highway. Pan American South. The heavy concrete structure was dragged by a truck that, as it passed through the area, pulled the hanging cables and caused it to fall.
The body of the deceased, identified as Solange Carbajal Postigo, was lifted by the personnel of the Public Ministry of Cañete and transferred to the central morgue, in st vincent.
On the other hand, the driver of the heavy load unit that caused the accident, Alfredo Vargas Salvatierra, was detained by the National Police and is in the asian police stationwhere he will be prosecuted for allegedly committing a crime against life, body and health, as manslaughter.
“Those cables were like this for a long time. Luckily, her companions (her mother and her friend) and the ice cream man were saved because only the cables fell, but the pole fell on the girl’s back. The family could not believe everything that was happening,” one of the witnesses told The Republic.
Firefighters tried to help the young woman, but she was already lifeless. On the other hand, one of the lighting columns that is on the other side of the road is tilted, becoming a danger to passers-by who fear misfortune.