A serious road accident has shocked residents of Melgar. A Mazda CX60 vehicle fell into a cliff on the road from this municipality to Carmen de Apicalá in Tolima and exploded after reaching the bottom of the cliff.
In the first versions announced by the authorities, it is stated that at least two people died in this traffic accident. It was introduced at 11.40 on the night of December 31, when the country said goodbye to 2023.
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The emergency occurred on the Apicalá bridge, on the Melgar-Carmen road in Apicalá, Tolima, when the car fell into the abyss for unknown reasons.
“There were two people in the car, and after it fell into the cliff, it exploded, caught fire, and consumed the people in the flames.”Journalist Óscar Noreña from Melgar municipality, who was at the scene, said:
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Police officials were on that road and according to information received from Carmen de Apicalá Volunteer Firefighters, one of the victims bears the name Andrés Felipe Euse Guzmán.
Carmen de Apicalá Volunteer Firefighters are carrying out the rescue efforts of the damaged vehicle in coordination with the Transit and Transport Secretaries and the Melgar Government.
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The end of the year was marked by traffic accidents in different parts of the country.
The event that had the biggest impact was the crash and subsequent fire of a tanker truck in the Quebrada Blanca tunnel in Guayabetal, Cundinarmarca, last week; It protects the road to Llano with special operations and some closures. The truck driver, who was seriously injured, died.
Also on the Llano road, an accident involving another vehicle was recorded in the Boquerón tunnel on 31 December. “Category 1 vehicle, apparently without brakes, crashed into the tunnel wall. Authorities and personnel involved in the situation,” they said from the Coviandina dealership.
(More information: New closure on Llano road recorded after accident in Boquerón tunnel)
The accident changed the operation of the important highway once again. However, according to Coviandina’s social networks, traffic flow continued normally on Monday, January 1, after the incident was intervened.
The concession’s last update at 9.30am said, “due to low traffic flow, alternative steps are being implemented to reduce Naranjal toll to K58+000, coordinated by Ditra staff.”
It also reminds users that there are no reversible measures in the return plan, so it is recommended to plan the return trip to the capital in advance and follow the instructions of the authorities.
There was also a road tragedy in La Guajira. In the traffic accident that occurred in the Riohacha – Maicao section of the Troncal del Caribe highway, as a result of which the interdepartmental transportation bus left the road and hit a pedestrian and overturned, 1 person died and 3 people were injured.
Also in Cesar, two children were burned to death and two adults were injured when a car was set on fire in the Chiriguana area, César’s mining district.
The accident occurred this Friday, when the family was traveling in a private vehicle with license plate UHL302, which caught fire on the road connecting the town of La Aurora to the Chiriguana junction.
There were also tragedies in Antioquia due to excessive alcohol consumption. A spectacular traffic accident in which a drunk driver ran over three people in the urban area of the Amalfi municipality of Antioquia was recorded on video.
The incident occurred at around 11.30 on Saturday night, December 30th.
Likewise, on the morning of Friday, December 30, a traffic accident was recorded on the road between Antioquia and the Atlantic Coast, located in the jurisdiction of Valdivia.The bus, covering the Medellín-Caucasus route in the region known as Alto de Ventas, overturned on the road with 42 people on board.
DUVÁN ÁLVAREZ and FABIO ARENAS
NATION Editorial – EL TIEMPO
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