05:46 PM
With great luck and thanks to the quick action of the firefighters of the municipality of Caldas, south of the Aburrá Valley, the spectacular overturning of a vehicle on the bypass this Monday left no victims to regret.
The incident occurred on race 48, variant to Caldas, diagonal to Monte Azul. After the emergency agencies were called, the presence of seven firefighters was necessary, a machine and an ambulance to rescue from the vehicle turned to three people who suffered only lacerations and the scare of something that could have been more serious.
The vehicle was trapped against a railing so the firefighters had to enter with a careful maneuver so as not to hurt the people inside the car and to be able to extract them safely.
According to Major Víctor Andrés Franco, sectional head of Transit and Transportation of Antioquia. 263,000 vehicles entered the department during the festive long weekend and More than 520,000 cars circulated on all road axes. “The behavior has been favorable, and we can give some peace of mind,” said the officer.
According to the mayor, last year during this same Corpus Christi holiday, 14 people were injured in road accidents and this year there were 8 (not counting the return on holiday Monday). In terms of fatalities, the figure was reduced to 33%, in 2023 six people died due to traffic accidents and this year there has been the death of four people.
Franco assured that there was a 50% reduction in accident, Well, the previous year there were 18 road incidents on roads in Antioquia and during this holiday there were 9 traffic accidents. 150 summonses were also imposed and 157 drunkenness tests were carried out.
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