A
woman who was in her eighth month of pregnancy died
this Wednesday in a traffic incident in Cipolletti, province of Río Negro. The victim, whose baby could not be saved by doctors, was traveling as a passenger on a motorcycle on Route 22 when the vehicle was hit by a truck.
The incident occurred around 7 p.m. at the intersection between Route 22 and Paso de los Libres Street, where
a Volkswagen Amarok
traveling from the east to the west
collided with the Gilera 200 motorcycle on which the woman
who lost her life was traveling.
cause of the blows and injuries received and the driver of the motorcycle, who was taken to a local hospital with
serious injuries
.
According to local media, the visibility of the truck may have been affected by the sun at that time. They also did not rule out that the intense traffic in the area may have contributed to the generation of this unfortunate incident. On social networks,
residents of the area highlighted the need to install a traffic light
, taking into account the danger of the intersection.
The Traffic Police worked at the scene and the causes of the incident were being investigated by the Criminalistics Office.
This was the second fatal accident that the region suffered in a matter of hours. A 57-year-old man died and three other people were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles that occurred on Tuesday night in a rural area of that same city.
The drivers had two women as companions. All were transferred to the Pedro Moguillansky hospital, but in the early hours of this Wednesday one of the men lost his life, while the remaining one, who had been admitted with a reserved status, improved during the day and remained hospitalized, but stable.
The two women, meanwhile, suffered serious injuries with several fractures, but according to the Río Negro newspaper, they were not at risk of life.
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