How was the fatal accident in the Huergo rally?
Barasichnative of Reginalost control of his Renault Sandero RS after a curve and there was the turnaround that ended the unfortunate event. As the rest of the cars that were competing began to arrive, the pilots and navigators got out of their vehicles to help those affected.
One of them is Guillermo Aubone, who in addition to racing in the rally is a doctor and was the one who took the vital signs of those affected just seconds after being run over.
Since the accident was in the Cervantes fence area and there there is no cell signalSeveral minutes passed until the ambulance arrived at the scene and transported the injured to be treated at different health centers.
At the scene of the incident, the police began working with their experts to determine the causes of an accident that generated shock in the region. The first information indicates that the car would have made between six and seven turns while overturning and on that journey it hit the affected family.
In the minutes before the special test started, safety vehicles circulated through the accident area to verify that everything was in good condition. The location of the public in the areas adjacent to the roads is part of the ritual for rally followers and both families and groups of friends look for their place to watch the cars pass by from the best possible view.
For this reason, in the run-up to each race, the organization travels the paths with the aim of avoiding these dangers.
The AVGR chaired by Jorge Martínez, in charge of the race, immediately decided to suspend the competition.
As for strictly sporting matters, the fatal accident occurred when the first special test of the Huergo rally had just begun, on the Cervantes-Cervantes section, which has an extension of 14.6 kilometers. The race was part of the second date on the calendar in the regional rally, which brings together dozens of participants from North Patagonia and thousands of fans in each of its chapters.
