A shocking sequence occurred before noon this Wednesday, June 19, in the town of wildeBuenos Aires party of Avellaneda, when a motorist violently collided from behind a patrol car who was waiting for the traffic light to change color. As a result of the collision, the car that caused the impact caught fire, while the driver remained trapped.
The seriousness of the situation was increasing and it was the intervention of the police officers themselves who had been hit which stopped the tragedysince they were able to remove the protagonist of the incident from inside his car so that he could be treated by an ambulance that arrived minutes later.
What was it that happened? According to the police report made later, at 11:20 in the morning the man, a 58-year-old firefighter and Wilde’s neighbor, was driving his car, a gray Toyota Corolla, on Miter Avenue when he caused the crash. At the police station he claimed to have suffered a momentary health problem that caused him to lose his location in time and space. “It is unknown if he lost consciousness or his blood pressure dropped,” was the brief explanation contained in the document he accessed. Infobae after the accident.
Later, the firefighter himself said that the person who took him out of the car was the same officer who had been driving the patrol car destroyed by the impact. “The same one that I crash is the one that takes me out,” he said, incredulous at the situation.
The scene may have been a prelude to a larger incident. Next to the police car was an urban bus with passengers and another private car, waiting for the red light. The violent crash occurred and flames immediately broke out, causing the Corolla to burn. As best they could, the other drivers maneuvered to get away from the fire.
In the video that accompanies this note you can later see how the man is rescued by the police. A group of workers who, warned of the incident, came to collaborate with the situation are also collaborating with the situation. A woman also tries to put out the flames, apparently with a bottle of water.
