The history of two dumps that were surprised by an increasing sudden of the Golden River in Girón. We tell you:
“The growing one comes!”Shouted who saw from afar how the Golden River, in the sector The Girón townhe began to overflow. It was almost 8:00 on the night of Friday, April 2 and the rain that had been constant for hours already showed its effects.
Luis Antonio Díaz had arrived earlier with his Red dump truck, a 1996 kodiak. That same day He turned three Since he had resumed the trail’s office. As usual, he carried sand to take a work. “The river was low, nothing weird looked,” he said within his testimony at the forefront.
When I had the material ready, he tried turn onbut a stone blocked the step. He decided not to force the machine and called his boss to ask for help. Shortly after, JAiro Durán with his blue dump truck, a Ford 60. “They called me and I came to help, but the dump truck me … I didn’t pass gas,” he says. They could not move either.
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The rain fell. They tried to endure. At 7:00 pm, a crane was taken to the site to try to drag at least one of the vehicles. But it was late. The growing fell strongly. The crane driver managed to get off on time, alerted by the shouts of those who have warned the danger from the shore: “Save, save them that the current can be carried.”
That night they retired without being able to do anything. With impotence they saw how the water took part of their work. At dawn on Saturday they returned with the hope that the river level would have dropped and one of the dump trucks could be taken out. “This is my livelihood … I have a three -year -old daughter to feed,” said Don Luis, while watching his vehicle partially covered by water and mud.
Several neighbors arrived with Palas To try to help. They tried for hours, but it wasn’t enough. Jairo’s Blue Ford ended with damage to the front. The crane was next to the shore.
The Mayor’s Office promised to send another crane with greater capacity to support vehicles.
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This fact is added according to the GRDS (Office for Disaster Risk Management) to the ravages that the first 2025 rainy season has left, which keeps more than 56 municipalities in red alert Santander for overflows and landslides.
