Flying to death: a car fell into Lake Lácar from more than 100 meters high

2023-11-25 23:44:33

Two weeks following six people lost their lives in a road accident on an excursion in the Route of the Seven Lakesthis Saturday another terrible accident shook that beautiful area of ​​Neuquén: a 27 year old young man lost his life fall with his car from regarding 150 meters high to the Lake Lacar, on National Route 40.

The accident occurred on the section of the route that connects the towns of San martin de los andes y Villa La Angostura, when a Ford Focus heading towards the first of those cities lost control, crossed lanes and ended up falling into the void. After impacting parts of the steep slope, the vehicle ended up semi-submerged, with its wheels up.

Seven Lakes Route: six tourists died in a crash

The driver of the Focus was identified as Jonathan Arguello, We already said 27 years old, who is believed to be died instantly as a consequence of the impact of the car once morest the mountain, in its dramatic destination to the waters of the Lácar. The judicial specialists carried out the required tests this Saturday, seeking to determine what caused Arguello to lose control of the car, and the hypotheses suggest that he had “bitten” the shoulder.

According to reports, the authorities estimate that the young man’s car was traveling at high speed, because when it hit the shoulder it was thrown into the opposite lane, crossed it and continued into the void. All of this is still a matter of investigation.

“The Ford Focus that was heading towards San Martín de Los Andes fell down a cliff between 80 and 120 metersand ended up with its four wheels up, half submerged in water. It happened in the section between the Roca monument and the access to the Catritre beach campsite,” reported the press chief of that town’s Fire Department, Fabián González.

Different groups of rescuers worked long hours at the accident scene. First, they searched remove the driver’s body and, later, they lifted the car that had been left inside the lake, in an inverted position. Personnel from the Naval Prefecture, Volunteer Firefighters from San Martín de los Andes and also from the ICE Lanín National Park participated in the joint operation.

The six tourists who died in a crash

On November 11, a head-on collision occurred in the Route of the Seven Lakes, one of the areas most traveled by tourists visiting Patagonia, which left six dead. The accident occurred between a passenger transport van and a Scania truck, near Villa La Angostura.

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When the firefighters arrived, they found the death of the six passengers in the van at the scene, while another six They were taken to a hospital in that town and three others, the most serious, to Bariloche.

At the time of the accident The road was wet from rain and snow, so that might have been the triggering factor for the collision.

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