Three members of a family they turned out muertos and three others were injured, one seriously, after being run over by a van Toyota Hilux when they were fishing on a bridge on provincial route number 5 near the town of San Miguel in Corrientes, while enjoying their holidays.
The incident occurred yesterday afternoon at kilometer 128 of Provincial Route 5 and was product of the blowout of a cover that caused the truck to cross the lane and run over themexplained the commissioner Luis Romero, of the Department of Institutional Relations of the provincial Police.
The van Belongs to the Provincial Directorate of Electric Power (DPEC) and its 47-year-old driver was arrested.
Las fatalities They are a 45-year-old man, his 40-year-old wife, and their 17-year-old sonwhile two minors were injured, one of them 11 years old, had to be referred to the Juan Pablo II Pediatric Hospital, in the capital city, due to the seriousness of her health condition.
Another of the girls was slightly injured and is admitted to the Caá Catí hospital, while the other girl – the sixth member of the family group – was unharmed, it was officially reported.
“The truck collided with the family who was ejected into the waterfrom where they were rescued, the young man already lifeless, the seriously injured father who died on the spot a few minutes later and the mother died when she was transferred to the hospital, ”explained the commissioner.
Police officers indicated that the run over family is from the province of Chaco and was in the area for the vacation period, visiting relatives from Caá Catí.
“The driver of the truck is detained and his companion was released,” said Romero, adding that the San Miguel District Commissioner continues to carry out the investigations into the case.
The road accident occurred in an area called “The Three Bridges”, near the towns of San Miguel and Caá Catí, about 150 kilometers east of the capital of Corrientes.