Motoring - Tragedy in the Supercar Pampean Region: a banderillero died after being rammed by a car

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A banderillero died on Sunday after being rammed by a car during the race of the Pampa Pampas Supercar that took place in the Toay autodrome in La Pampa. The victim is Roberto Piti Corbalán, 35 years old and father of a girl, who died as a consequence of the multiple blows he suffered in one of the final laps of the first race of the day.

The car of Ricardo Alzueta was confused after a touch with Carlos Ruiz and hit Corbalán, who worked in the sector of braking and had turned at that time to mark a touch that had occurred in the last corner. Corbalán was assisted by a doctor at the accident site, but finally arrived at Lucio Molas Hospital without life. "We found ourselves with a very high kinematics, followed the protocol to the letter, the same that we had practiced on Saturday, in a course that we offered to the banderilleros", explained the doctor Rodrigo Ortiz in dialogue with the newspaper The Arena of La Pampa. As a result of the tragedy, the Pampas Federation of Sports Motorsport (Fepad), in charge of the competition control, decided to suspend the activity in the six tests of the category - four were to be held in La Pampa and two in Buenos Aires

Corbalán officiated as a banderillero for more than a decade, although he was away for two seasons. Last year he again collaborated with the category. Hours before his death, he had posted an image on Facebook accompanied by the message: "Sun racing sunrise, I hope it's a nice day and close good weekend."

 

The last post from Roberto Piti Corbalan

 

He was an excellent companion, one knows that he is exposing life, but at the same time we believe that this can never happen to us. It was an accident that causes us a lot of pain, "said Claudio Menghi and José Ferreyra, colleagues of Corbalán also in statements to La Arena. The president of the Fepad, Julio Illuminati, assured that the accident "was a fatality, impossible to foresee". He added: "We are devastated. You never think that this can happen, "said Illuminati, while he sent condolences to the family of Corbalán. The death of Corbalán is investigated by the public prosecutor María Cecilia Martini, who requested requested the recordings of the cameras of the cars, the images taken from the control tower and a report that will be sent in the next days to determine why the car of Alzueta lost control.