Last night, the death of Freddy Rincón, a former soccer player for the Colombian national team, was confirmed.
There is mourning in Colombian soccer. After suffering a spectacular traffic accident last Monday, in Cali, the former player of the ‘tricolor’, Freddy Rincon, He passed away in the last few hours. The soccer icon fought for his life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Imbanaco clinic. The news was confirmed by the doctor Laureano Quintero, who gave a press conference with Sebastián Rincón and Freddy Stiven, sons of the soccer legend.
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AME1153. CALI (COLOMBIA), 04/14/2022.- Photograph provided today by the Cali Mayor’s Office showing doctor Laureano Quintero (c), medical director of the Imbanaco clinic in Cali, while announcing to the media the death of the former soccer player Colombian Fredy Rincón in the company of his sons, Sebastían (l) and Freddy Stiven Rincón (r), today in Cali (Colombia). Former Colombian soccer player Freddy Rincón, who played for teams like Corinthians and Real Madrid, died this Wednesday at the age of 55 following suffering a traffic accident last Monday in the city of Cali, in the southwest of the country. EFE/ Mayor of Cali /EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS (MANDATORY CREDIT)
Next, we tell you which celebrities, in addition to Freddy Rincón, have died from tragic traffic accidents.
Martin Elijah
On April 14, 2017, Martín Elías finished his concert in Coveñas. Immediately, he set off in the truck to Cartagena where he would meet his wife Dayana Jaimes and his children Martín Elías Jr and Paula Elena, to enjoy the Easter holidays. However, the truck in which it was being transported, which was driven by Armando Quintero, lost control and crashed on the Lorica (Córdoba) – San Onofre (Sucre) road. Hours later, the death of the artist who was emerging as one of the best vallenato singers was confirmed.
Patricia Tehran
Patricia Teherán was one of the members of the group ‘The Goddesses of Vallenato’. On January 19, 1995, she died in a traffic accident when she was moving from Barranquilla to Cartagena. When passing through the sector known as Lomita Arenas, in Bolívar, one of the tires exploded and the vehicle lost control. The artist, who was recognized for being the first woman to interpret the genre of Francisco el hombre in Colombia and abroad, was accompanied by her husband and her musical representative Víctor Sierra, who also passed away.
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Kaleth Morales
On August 23, 2005, the Vallenato artist Kaleth Morales and his brother Keyner were traveling along the road that connects Cartagena with Valledupar, his hometown, to fulfill some commitments in Montería, when they had an accident at kilometer 26, before reaching to Bosconia. Both were ejected from the car. Due to the seriousness of their injuries, they were initially taken to a health center in Plato, Magdalena, and then transferred to a hospital in Cartagena, where Kaleth arrived in a coma. On the morning of August 24, the voice of one of the most notorious vallenato artists of the time was extinguished. His brother Keyner was in a coma for 15 days, fighting for his life.
adriana fields
On November 3, 2015, the actress of Neighbours He died in a tragic traffic accident. Adriana, along with her husband Carlos Rincón, were on the road to Medellín, when at kilometer 45 of the road that connects the sectors of Bolombolo and Peñalisa, in the municipality of Salgar, the 2009 model Audi vehicle in which the couple was He was mobilizing and fell down a 25-meter abyss and was trapped in the waters of the Cauca River. The actress and her husband died at the scene.
