There are 22 people injured in the Metrocable cabin accident, 12 of them transferred to medical centers
Moments of panic were experienced by the users of the Metro System at dawn on June 26. The people who mobilized for the Metrocable Line Kexactly in the popular stationthey witnessed what would be the first major accident in this transportation system.
According to the manager of the Medellín Metro, Tomás Elejaldethe cabin that fell to the ground, at the moment of detaching itself from the cable, crashed into another of the cabins that was leaving the Popular stationwhich caused those people to also be injured and remain suspended in the air.
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“The cabin detachment then occurs at the entrance to the station and there is the most regrettable accident, which is that detachment,” reported the Metro manager from the station where the events occurred.
Although the causes that caused the accident are not yet known in detail, from the Meter The cable was reported to be in optimal condition. It is worth remembering that From June 8 to 19, maintenance was carried out on lines P, H and M of the Metrocable.
Given the situation, Tomas Elejalde He clarified the following, “Absolutely everything was checked, the cable is in good condition, behind you can see that it is in motion, because we are even at this moment in the task of evacuating approximately 250 people who remained suspended in other areas. cable cars.”
From the Metro management it was reported that throughout today, June 26, the operation of the Metrocable line K will be completely suspendedto continue with the investigations and find the causes of the fact that until now, claimed the life of a 55-year-old man.
In conjunction with the Metropolitan area he Medellin Metro asset ‘Integrated route contingency plan’which will allow the investigations to advance.
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