What was the accident in which Martín Elías died?

Seven years ago, the music world was shaken by the sudden departure of singer Martín Elías, who died at the age of 26, as a result of injuries caused after suffering a car accident on April 14, 2017.

This was the accident of Martín Elías

It was Holy Week, when vallenato fans heard the news of the accident suffered by Diomedes Díaz’s son. According to reports at that time, The incident occurred on the San Onofre road (Sucre), Lorica (Córdoba) near the Aguas Negras sector.

As reported by EL TIEMPO, the event occurred around 7:40 in the morning, when the vehicle, in which several people were being transported, overturned. However, it was not three hours later that more details and the first photos of theto Toyota TXL truck.

At that time, the authorities reported the first preliminary data to clarify the facts. The car exceeded 150 km/h, on a road with a maximum speed of 50 km/h.

Martin Elias

Photo:Instagram: @martinelias

Martín Elías, Alejandro Alfonso Ramírez, Rafael Rico and Armando León Quintero Ponce were in the vehicle. The latter was the one who was driving.

The accident occurred when Ponce lost control and overturned due to excessive speed. The ‘Problema tuos’ singer was on his way to see his family and take a vacation, after performing the concert in Sucre.

According to this newspaper, Martín Elías, who was not wearing a seat belt at the timechanged his shirt in the passenger seat when the accident happened.

As a result of the high speed, the vehicle overturned and abruptly ejected the singer. Immediately, he was taken to San Onofre Hospital.

Among the injuries that were revealed, some were found such as cardiac injury, blunt abdominal trauma, bilateral lung contusions, pulmonary edema, costal arch fractures, friction mechanism injuries, and multiple excoriations on the face.

However, due to the severity of his injuries, he was referred to the Santa María de Sincelejo Clinic, where he died at 12:45 p.m.

Other details of the accident

At that time, relatives revealed that Martín Elías was going to take a few days off, but he had a presentation and decided to do it. In that ‘show’, he sang some songs like ‘El Terremoto’ and ‘Ábrete’. The event lasted until dawn.

After what happened, Armando Quintero Ponce, who was the driver on that fateful day, recounted in 2022 the legal process that was carried out against him.

Martín Elías car.

Photo:Private file EL TIEMPO

“We were in Cartagena, because Martín and his family were on vacation. That day we went out to Bocagrande, to eat and then we went to bed. We had to leave at 1:40 am for Coveñas,” Ponce revealed to the program ‘Buen día, Colombia’, on the RCN channel.

In addition, he added to said program: “I was behind Rolando Ochoa’s truck at a normal speed and Martín told me to speed up my pace. I overtook Rolando and later I got out to relieve myself and meanwhile, Martín was changing clothes.”

The situation led to Ponce being investigated. Years later, in 2022, a judge sentenced the driver to 32 months of house arrest and a fine of 26.66 current monthly minimum wages.