A 29-year-old driver took the scare of his life this morning when his car overturned after hitting the remains of a horse that was lying dead on the Pan-American Highway in the town of Loma Verde.
The unusual event occurred this Saturday at 6 at kilometer 54,500, in front of the Altos Las Casuarinas complex. The driver of a white Gol Trend, which was traveling in the direction of Campana, said that when passing the Loma Verde bridge saw a dead animal on the road and tried to avoid it, but couldn’t.
In his account to the police, the young man stated that when he tried to avoid the remains of the horse he lost control of the vehicle. This caused the vehicle to skid against the slope that separates the highway from the Colectora Este and ended up overturned just at the entrance to the Panamericana from the bridge.
Volunteer firefighters from Belén de Escobar, personnel from the Loma Verde sub-police station and Autopistas del Sol, Civil Defense, Community Prevention and an ambulance from SAME attended the scene. Later, Scientific Police experts were present.
Despite the violent accident and the blows from the rollover, the driver He did not have any serious injuries. He only manifested “ailments in his left knee,” according to sources consulted by Escobar’s Day.
However, the SAME ambulance took him to the Enrique Erill provincial hospital to receive the corresponding medical attention. The man, 29 years old, is called Nicolás Ezequiel Giannini and resides in the neighboring district of Tigre.
Due to the incident, traffic on the express lane of the Panamericana was blocked for several hours, as well as access to that part of the highway from the bridge. However, as it was a time of low vehicular traffic, this did not cause major complications in vehicular traffic.
At the moment, it is unknown Under what circumstances did that horse appear on the road? and whether his death occurred due to an accident or otherwise. The security cameras of Autopistas del Sol, plus other private cameras, will be key to clarifying this point of the case, whose investigation was left in the hands of the UFI on Escobar’s duty.
