On Friday around 7, a Neuquén police officer died in a traffic accident that he had when he collided on his motorcycle with a city waste collection truck. According to the company’s lawyer, the driver had four breathalyzer tests and in all of them it returned negative results, despite the fact that it was circulated that it had tested positive.
Alejandro Ockier is the lawyer for Cliba, the company that is in charge of waste collection. In dialogue with radio La Red, he clarified that the driver gave a negative breathalyzer test, since he commented that in some national media it was circulated that he had given 0.75.
As detailed, company supervisors approached the scene of the fatal accident as soon as they found out regarding the fact and took a breathalyzer used in the company. Ockier explained that they use it to carry out internal controls on a regular and random basis on drivers and staff who go to work.
indicated that They did it almost simultaneously with the test carried out by police personnel.. The Cliba company was given a result of zero and regarding the results obtained by the police commented that they did not know the result. “I think it is not the one that is in the media. I think it is excessive, I still do not have the report because we have not yet had access to the file ”
He also clarified that, one hour and 20 minutes following the accident, since the driver was not detained They transferred him to a laboratory to perform a blood and urine analysis, taking the results that same Friday followingnoon with negative results.. “Urine is the most important, because the body takes a little longer to metabolize alcohol in the urine, it is more accurate”
In total, they performed four tests: two expiratory tests, one blood test, and one urine test, all giving zero results.
How the investigation continues and the situation of the driver
The Cliba company lawyer commented that the driver has not been charged at the moment. “We are in an instructive stage,” Ockier said, adding that yesterday, traffic police personnel asked them for a report on the trucks that are monitored with GPS by the same firm, where information on speed and the route taken can be found.
“Regarding speed, the truck had not exceeded 20 km/h in the last ten blocks”so it was traveling at a correct speed, as the lawyer clarified, and regarding the route, he explained that I was going along the planned route and within the normal. The driver is at home affected by what happened and the corresponding assistance is being provided by the company.
Regarding the difference that arose regarding the values of the breathalyzer test, he explained that the prosecutor’s office has not yet learned of the evidence that the police have. Regarding what was circulated in some media regarding the fact that he gave the police officers 0.75, he said that he does not know where these results were obtained from since they still did not have the file.
“We have not yet been able to provide the evidence either, because it is in an investigation stage and it has not yet been referred to the prosecution” he also clarified that at the moment no charges have been filed once morest the driver. “There was no intention, they are consequences of circulation”
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