[Auto/Moto] Two seriously injured in an accident on the Las Americas highway

[EvKirito]

Two people were seriously injured after the SUV in which they were moving along kilometer 29 of the Las Américas highway crashed into a truck that was with electricity contractor workers.

The black Lexus brand SUV, without a license plate, was totally destroyed when it collided with the vehicle, a tow truck belonging to an electricity contractor.

The driver of the crashed vehicle was trapped in it, forcing rescuers from the Fire Department to use special machinery to cut some pieces and free it, while his companion was able to get out without mishap; both were taken in two ambulance units to the Darío Contreras trauma hospital.

According to medical personnel present at the scene, the driver - whose name has not yet been given - is seriously injured, despite the fact that the car's airbag was activated. Nor was the name of the companion offered.

 

 

The incident occurred at 6:45 this afternoon and it was not until an hour later that the authorities were able to remove the devices that were occupying the middle of the road.

This caused a blockage in the west to east direction, since hundreds of vehicles were moving at the time towards the cities of the east of the country, seeking not to exhaust the allowed hours of circulation of the curfew.

Also from the nearby neighborhoods, dozens of onlookers moved, who crowded around the accident to observe, a large majority without masks and without respecting physical distance.