In the morning hours of Sunday, June 16, a serious traffic accident occurred in Antioquia, which left three people injured. The situation worsened when a red vehicle ended up in the waters of the Medellín River.
Units of the Medellín Fire Department moved to the Cerro Nutibara sector, with the purpose of addressing the situation. Inside the vehicle were three people, who were rescued by firefighters from the capital of Antioquia.
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“Medellín Fire Departments carried out a vehicle rescue maneuver on this car that accidentally fell into the Medellín River at the height of Cerro Nutibara, two people who were traveling in it were injured and treated at the site,” said the Medellín Management Unit. Medellín Risk.
According to the report, a family member was taken by a relative to an assistance center in the city. The driver, on his part, was taken to undergo a breathalyzer test. The third person involved in the road accident was transferred to the Conquistadores Clinic.
The mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez, through his X account reacted to the accident that occurred near the Nutibara Bridge: “Thanks to our firefighters from the DAGRD Disaster Risk Management Administrative Department“said the mayor.
The road accident occurs after the Medellín Mobility Secretariat announced the protocol to search for escaped vehicles and drivers in traffic accidents in the capital of Antioquia.
For this reason, the Secretary of Mobility, Mateo Gonzáles Benítez, stated that “These facts are taken to mean that they are fleeing, evading, and could even be held criminally liable for the crime of omission to provide assistance. From “The secretariat is strengthening our reaction capacity with the closed circuit video made up of nearly 3,200 cameras, the system of more than 400 LPR cameras and our traffic agents.”
The increasing rains in Urabá Antioquia led to two bridges collapsing in the municipalities of Necoclí and Carepa, a situation that left the inhabitants who connect rural areas through these structures cut off.
The most critical event occurred in Carepa, because the Largo bridge, located in the La Sucia sector of the Campamento village, collapsed due to the rise of the Carepa River, leaving 16 villages in the departments of Antioquia and Córdoba trapped.
The mayor of Carepa, Agapito Murillo Palacios, warned a month ago of the critical situation of the structure, since it was possible to observe how a rising river moved the bridge.
“The rising river that came with beach material burst the bridge, that is, it destroyed the bridge 100 percent.” and the community was left incommunicado. That is the big concern“said Mayor Murillo.
The director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, Carlos Carrillo, shared a video where you can see the collapse of the bridge. For this reason, he specified that “we are going to work starting tomorrow with the governor and the mayor to provide solutions to the inhabitants of Carepa.”
The Secretary of Physical Infrastructure of Antioquia, Horacio Gallón, stated that since May 15 they have been attending to the channel with cleaning and removal of material with excavators, however “Today an avalanche much larger than the one that has come before took away part of the bridge”.
Carlos Duarte Jaramillo, cocoa producer, asked the national government to find a quick solution, due to the lack of communication that occurred in the villages.
“We have quite big impacts such as the transportation of our products, because the upper part of Carepa is the agricultural pantry of our municipality, all products are going to suffer the consequences,” Jaramillo stated.
