The CES Clinic, where Londoño was transferredreported that during the morning of this Wednesday it received two people referred to the accident, including the 55-year-old man and a young 21-year-old woman.
According to the most recent reports from the Administrative Department of Risk Management of Medellín (Dagrd), in addition to the 11 people with serious injuries, the total number of injured is 21 people, including others. 9 people with minor injuries.
As reported by the Metro, The accident that occurred this Wednesday occurred at around 4:30 in the morning.in the vicinity of the Andalucía metrocable station.
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“The accident occurred with a cable car that, coming down from Santo Domingo, before entering the Andalucía station, It hits another cabin that was entering for reasons not yet known and the cabin detaches at the entrance to the station. “There is the most regrettable accident that is that landslide, with an impact on at least 10 people,” reported the Metro manager, Tomás Elejalde Escobar.
In addition to the 21 victims, the entity indicated that between about 200 and 250 people were trapped in other cabins, after the operation was suspended as a precaution.
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“It appears there is no general failure of the entire system. We are going to verify if the problem was in that particular cabin and with that we would then be providing more information over the course of the day,” Elejalde said.
While the situation is resolved, the Metro pointed out that, in coordination with the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Area, a contingency plan was activated so that the inhabitants of northwest Medellín can take integrated routes to the Acevedo station.
