A Santa Fe gas station attendant was standing in front of the toll booth screen next to some pumps. It was Thursday afternoon, just after lunchtime. Suddenly, an unexpected guest burst into the workday: a van escaping from the police He crashed into the pump at high speed and ran over the worker, who suffered fractures in both legs. The driver continued to flee, but was later arrested.
It happened at 2:35 p.m. on Thursday, on Route 11 and 9 de Julio Street, in San Justo. This is evident from the video of a security camera at the gas station, which captured the entire scene. It began with the employee (44 years old) next to the pump, while another worker waited two meters away. Something alerted them and they looked to the left of the image. The one who was further away managed to escape, but the one in front of the payment screen did not react.
The van was actually fleeing from the police. According to the newspaper The capitalThe raid had begun at another gas station in the south of San Justo, also on the side of Route 11. He went in to fill up with fuel, like any other customer. But, unlike the usual drivers, he wanted to leave without paying.
An employee of that store approached to complain to the man (identified by his initials as JAO), who was driving, who reacted with a reckless maneuver: he crashed into the station’s kiosk, broke the glass and sped off. He tried to leave the broken glass behind and get lost on the road. But an alert to the Police started the chase.
It was more than 4 kilometers of wild flight. First he went north, he arrived almost at the exit of the urban area. There he made a U-turn to try to outwit the two patrol cars that were following him. She didn’t make it.
The chasing continued just over 500 meters. The driver of the truck entered the service station on Route 11 and 9 de Julio, where the outcome took place: the cabin destroyed, the pumps damaged and the employee injured.
Police chase and crash into a pump at a Santa Fe service station.
“We were standing in the cabin when we saw the vehicle coming at full speed. My partner, who was nearby, had to break the glass with his leg to escape the impact. It was a tremendous blow, the police personnel detained the driver immediately after the crash. crash,” said Joaquín, another worker at that service station, in statements that were collected Notify.
He added: “The situation could have been much worse if the vehicle had hit the diesel pump.”
The driver also suffered multiple injuries, for which he was taken to the local hospital. He was detained in a case for alleged perpetrator of the crime of damages and injuries.
