2023-11-11 23:30:17
The region remains shocked this Saturday by the tragic crash that occurred on Route 40between Villa La Angostura and Bariloche, which ended with six fatalities and seven injuredfour of them seriously.
The impact had as protagonists to an aggregate truck, which was traveling in a west-east direction, and to a van, which was traveling in the opposite direction.with 12 tourists inside and in the middle of an excursion towards the Seven Lakes path.
To the place of the accident, which occurred around 9 o’clock on kilometer 2073 of the emblematic route, Firefighters from Villa La Angostura arrived. “Tourists passing through the sector notified us,” said the head of the barracks. Raul Tierno to Diario RÍO NEGRO.
«First we rescued the injured, some of them seriously.«He explained and indicated that, to move forward with the assistance tasks, National Highways decided to close traffica measure that extended until around 6 p.m.
Tierno recognized the complexity of the scene, above all, due to the large number of occupants in the Mercedes Benz Sprinter, which he transported, along with the driver, to 12 tourists staying in Bariloche.
After the first assistance to the injured, seven of them were sent to Villa La Angostura and the rest directly to Bariloche, due to the severity of his condition. Only the driver was traveling in the truck..
The tasks took place under heavy rain, which at times threatened to turn into sleet. «Then we move forward with the removal of the bodies of the deceased“said the fire chief of the mountain town.
Around 7 p.m., the vehicles involved in the head-on collision were removed, the causes of which are the subject of investigation by experts and the prosecutor in the case, Adrián De Lillo.
What is the place where the impact occurred?
Although the mountain routes are characterized by their closed and winding routes, the accident, a few kilometers from the intersection between routes 40 and 237, it happened in a straight linebordering the Huemul arm of Lake Nahuel Huapi.
«It is a straight sector.confirmed the head of the Fire Department of the town of Neuquén to this medium, the point where the truck and the combi collided head-on, with the road wet from the rain.
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