A dump truck would have run out of brakes on the freeway Medellin – Bogota, colliding with several vehicles and a bus from the Oriente transport company. There is one person dead and four people referred to health centers, Department Traffic Police confirmed.
According to Devimed, the concessionaire in charge of the corridor, the incident took place at kilometer 4, near the area known for the Descanso del Amor motel, in Copacabana jurisdiction. The version was confirmed by the Antioquia Transit Police, which compiles details of what happened.
“A person who was transported is deceasedin a public service vehicle and four more people were transferred for evaluation at a medical center, ”said the elder of the Elkin Granada Transit.
The rest of the people, he added, were evaluated by the paramedics who were present in the area. Despite the injuries dismissed his referral for lack of seriousness.
In the accident were involved, in addition to the dump truck, a public service vehicle, a van and a pickup truck. “The technical inspection of the facts is being done to enable the road in the shortest time possible,” he said.
From Devimed, for their part, they provided details on the point where the accident took place: “Calzada Bogotá – Medellín, municipality of Copacabana, Km 4+500, at the height of Centers and Services, presents road closure due to road accident”, they will need.
According to reports, the driver of the dump truck he would have tried to warn the other users through the vehicle’s horn, but it was too late. The collided cars were awaiting repair work. removal of a landslide.
Although in principle it spoke of 18 wounded, Major Granada insisted that only four required medical evaluation in health centers. “We are unable to determine at this time if the dump truck ran out of brakes.because it remains to do the expert opinion to verify what generated the situation, “he concluded.