a serious accident road, occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, June 1, around 6:30 p.m., on National Route 40, near the intersection with 237 in Villa la Angostura and left four people dead. The collision, It was carried out by a large truck and a medium-sized Fiat Strada truck in which the four fatal victims were traveling.
As detailed to the provincial media by the fire chief of Villa la Angostura, Raúl Tierno, as a result of the collision between the two vehicles, four people died, “including two minors,” he said. The four victims were traveling in the smaller vehicle. At the time of accidentvisibility at the site was reduced due to a snowfall that was recorded in the area, said the head of the fire department.
The person in charge of the Villa la Angostura firefighters, could not provide data on the identity of the fatal victims, since at the time of issuing the statement, the documentation had not yet been able to be removed from the interior of the vehicle in which they were traveling, which was left with the front part crushed by the impact on the cabin, which would have caused the injuries that led to death.
As a result of the impact, The truck ended up crossed over the road, interrupting traffic in the area, which caused a traffic jam with lines of vehicles that reached up to 3 kilometers on each side. The police officers who worked at the scene opened a lane on the shoulder and traffic slowly began to clear.
The driver of the truck did not suffer any injuries from the accident although as Tierno explained, “he was in a state of shock because of what happened.” The experts will be in charge of determining the causes and mechanics of the accident, although as they advanced, the lack of signage on the route and the weather conditions “could be related to the incident.”
