The news was confirmed by his family and the clinic where he was hospitalized. The former midfielder of the Colombian National Team, Freddy Rincón, died this Wednesday night as a result of a traffic accident that left him hospitalized since Monday, April 11.
That day, the truck in which he was traveling suffered a violent traffic accident and his health condition worsened.
According to the Cali authorities, the accident would have occurred when the vehicle in which Rincón was traveling ran a red light. A version also held by Jorge Eduardo Muñoz Beltrán, bus driver who was involved in the crash.
The doctor who attended the former soccer player announced his death at 11:33 p.m. on Wednesday. He said that all efforts were made, but the former soccer player showed no improvement.
“There is never a way to express what it means to lose a patient,” he said. Then he honored the extraordinary ability of Freddy Rincón and the joy he brought to Colombians and to the world of soccer.
