2023-11-12 04:05:00
Despite the intense cold and the forecast announcing snow, a group of tourists, mostly foreigners, decided early this Saturday morning not to change their plans. The contingent got into the van and left Bariloche before 9 o’clock ready to enjoy the excursion along the traditional Siete Lagos route. Almost at the same time, Daniel Curruhuinca started the truck and left Villa La Angostura bound for a quarry in this city, to load aggregates. Halfway there, they met. And they collided. Six occupants of the van died as a result of the crash, which occurred on National Route 40.
Six other passengers and the driver of the Mercedes Benz Sprinter truck suffered injuries of varying degrees. ANDThe driver of the van was fighting for his life this Saturday night in the intensive care unit of the San Carlos Sanatorium in Bariloche, because he suffered a very serious head injury, hospital sources reported.
The prosecutor of Villa La Angostura, Adrián De Lillo, is investigating the case, but there was secrecy regarding the identity of the victims, several of them foreign citizens. Also in the group were tourists from the province of Buenos Aires and Córdoba, according to sources close to a mother and her two daughters who were traveling in the van.
Judicial sources indicated that The identities of the fatal victims will be provided when their relatives have recognized the bodies.
The survivors of the road accident were initially treated at the Villa La Angostura hospital. The director of that hospital, Lorena Bentivegna, reported that two patients without serious criteria were referred to the San Martín de los Andes hospital for more complex medical studies. Others were transferred to Bariloche and one was admitted to the local hospital.
The crash occurred around 9 a.m., near kilometer 2080 of National Route 40, in front of the Quintriqueo Mapuche community campsite.
There, for reasons that are being investigated, the truck that was traveling without load towards Bariloche and the minivan with the 12 tourists and the driver who were traveling in the opposite direction towards the Seven Lakes route collided.
The tragedy occurred when a light snow fell in the area, but visibility was not optimal and the wind blew intensely in that sector of the Huemul Arm, near Paso Coihue.
The first hypothesis of the tragedy
Judicial sources indicated that The preliminary hypothesis that investigators are using is that the truck driver may have partially invaded the opposite lane.. That carelessness perhaps caused the collision with the van of a Bariloche tourism agency. The theory arose from the first testimonies that researchers collected and other evidence.
After the impact, the truck was overturned on the shoulder and destroyed. The six fatalities remained inside. While the truck remained stopped on the opposite lane, in a scissor position. The cabin pointed in the opposite direction to the punt.
Sources from Villa La Angostura with knowledge of what happened commented that the scene was Dantesque. They reported thatSome tourists who were able to get out of the bus wandered around the road in dismay, while asking for help. The truck driver got out of the cab without injuries and in shock.
The man lives in Villa La Angostura and works for a local company. That information and identity was confirmed by judicial sources. Sources close to the driver stated that they took blood and urine samples to the breathalyzer study that gave zero results.
Driver He was linked to the pending criminal case, but he was not arrested. The sources assured yesterday that Curruhinca has at least 25 years of experience driving trucks and they were dismayed by the tragedy.
Minutes following the road accident, personnel from the 28th police station and volunteer firefighters from Villa La Angostura arrived at the scene. The police blocked traffic. At first, it emerged that there were three dead people, but as the minutes passed, it was confirmed that there were six fatalities.
Long lines of trucks, cars and vans formed around the cut. Gendarmerie personnel joined the operation. The injured were taken to the Villa La Angostura hospital. And from there they were referred to more complex centers.
The experts arrived several hours later
Accidentology and Criminalistics experts from the Neuquén Police arrived at the scene of the tragedy around 3:00 p.m. The delay extended for several hours because they traveled from Junín de los Andes and the city of Neuquén. Furthermore, the weather conditions were bad.
In fact, When the experts began their work, the wind and snow froze their hands. It also rained at times. Also, the police doctor arrived at the scene and confirmed the deaths, but identification was very complicated, the sources revealed. After 4 p.m., the bodies were removed from the van.
Traffic was partially enabled around 6:00 p.m. First, traffic was allowed in one lane. Dozens of cars, especially trucks from Chile, and vans had been waiting for several hours to advance towards Villa La Angostura and the Cardenal Samoré pass, which was closed due to heavy snowfall.
Silvana Pereyra was admitted to the Ramón Carrillo hospital in Bariloche due to a cardiac contusion. She was fine, under observation in intensive care, hospital sources reported. Her mother, Olga Scardino, was awaiting surgery at the Regional Private Hospital (HPR) for a hip dislocation. On the other hand, his daughter, Paola, was one of the victims, reported sources and also those close to the family who contacted this newspaper.
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