2024-05-10 21:21:47
The municipality of Huechuraba filed a complaint for quasi-murder against the Vespucio Oriente Highway (AVO). This was due to the death of a woman who had a rock fall on his vehicle when he was driving through the La Pirámide sector.
As indicated in a statement, the event occurred last Sunday, May 5, after noon. That day, the 36 year old victim He was traveling with his partner when a rock fell from the side of the hill and entered through the windshield, killing him on the spot.
“It is inexplicable that on a high-level highway there are sectors that do not have the necessary protection to avoid this type of accidents,” said the mayor of Huechuraba, Carlos Cuadrado Prats, in the Second Guarantee Court of Santiago.
The judicial action would aim to clarify the responsibility that AVO would have for not having containment systems at the place where the fatal accident occurred, located at kilometer 38 of the road heading west.
The above, considering that the company must comply with a series of requirements regarding road safety, established in the bidding rules.
“Common sense indicates that, if there is a hill and there are sectors that are protected with mesh or with New Jersey, one understands that rockfalls can occur anywhere and, therefore, the logical and The basic thing is that everything is protected to avoid these accidents.“added the communal authority.
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