A truck carrying a shipment of beer overturned its trailer this Saturday afternoon on Route 6, on the outskirts of Campana, in the north of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Neighbors and some passing motorists took away the merchandise that was left scattered on the ground.
But they also
wanted to loot the products that were still inside the vehicle
.
The Police intervened, in an episode that ended with arrests and injuries.
Desperation took over this Saturday at the Route 6 roundabout located near the Las Acacias neighborhood, at kilometer 190 of that Buenos Aires road.
This is a section with very damaged asphalt, where traffic accidents often occur.
This time a truck carrying a load of cans of beer, a leading brand, was involved in a road incident.
According to the local site
Campana Noticias
, the driver took the roundabout at a high speed and caused the vehicle to overturn.
A truck carrying beer overturned and neighbors took the load.
Warned of the situation, the neighbors came to the place to rescue and take home the cans that, in relatively good condition or dented, were left lying on the asphalt and the adjacent grass and were unmarketable.
Police personnel who were there made a fence to contain them before the authorities gave the go-ahead to release the lost cargo.
At the sign of approval, the neighbors ran to destroy the cans that were lying around.
But it was not enough.
Campana residents try to loot a truck with beer cans.
Photo Capture Campana360
Suddenly, a group of people
got on the truck to take the packs
that were still inside the vehicle.
At that moment, besieged, the driver tried to recover the merchandise and escape from the scene.
The Buenos Aires Police tried to prevent the looting and there were struggles with the neighbors.
An officer who was trying to dissuade the people who were on top of the truck fell from the trailer and was injured in the head, as Campana360
showed
.
They transferred him to San José hospital.
Local newspapers reported that the Police detained a minor under 16 years old and an adult over 58 years old.