2023-11-11 22:03:24
He crash between a truck and a van of tourist services on Route 40 this Saturday left six dead and at least four people seriously injured. The impact, which It happened in the middle of the rain and snow storm.e that affects the Andean zone, occurred between Villa La Angostura y Barilochecity from which the smaller vehicle came.
The traffic through the place, that had been interrupted by National Roads so that emergency and rescue teams could work calmlywas enabled in the middle of the road and with the presence of the Gendarmerie around 6 p.m., confirmed the national entity.
The impact occurred in the morning, a few kilometers from the crossing between the aforementioned road and National Route 237in a sector bordering the Huemul arm of Lake Nahuel Huapi.
There, an aggregate truck from Villa La Angostura that was driven by a man collided, for reasons that are currently being investigated, against a Mercedez Benz Sprinter, with 13 people inside, 12 of them tourists who were going on an excursion towards the Seven Lakes road.
Such was the force of the incident, that six people lost their lives at the scene, as this media confirmed earlier. While Seven others were injured and at least four of them seriously.
All injured They were transferred to the Villa La Angostura hospital.except for only one that was sent directly to Bariloche.
From the health center of the town of Neuquén then Three patients were referred to the Rio Negro citydue to the seriousness of his condition, and two others to San Martín de los Andes to carry out studies.
Towards the afternoon, only two wounded remained in the Angostura hospital, one hospitalized and the other “without criteria for hospitalization” and the possibility of being discharged shortly.
Fatal crash on Route 40, near Villa La Angostura: investigation underway
The work on the asphalt tape continued this afternoon, with the presence of police, fire and criminal personnel of the province of Neuquénwhich began the first steps to find out the mechanics of what happened.
The investigation of the incident was left in the hands of the prosecutor Adrian De Lillowho in dialogue with RÍO NEGRO Diary He reported that the experts “are still working at the point of impact.”
The representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office reported that the driver of the truck, a man of about 60 years old, remains at Police Station 28 of Villa La Angosturawaiting for the experts to confirm, in principle, How the crash occurred that ended with six fatalities. “We depend on the expertise to file charges or not,” added the judicial official.
“We have Criminalistics personnel, accident experts from Neuquén, a mechanical expert from Neuquén, and a Police doctor, all of whom were still in the area until a while ago,” he explained to this medium.
De Lillo also confirmed that among the occupants of the van, There were foreign passengers and from other provinces, everyone was heading on an excursion to the Seven Lakes. «One of the most common in the area“said the prosecutor.
Respecting the identities of the victims, he asked for patience, since they are still “is raising the documentation» with the precise information of the passengers, which was left inside the crashed Sprinter.
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