02/12/2021 15:05
Clarín.com
Zonal
Updated 02/12/2021 4:59 PM
After the video of a
firefighter who destroyed a bus
with shovels after a road accident
became viral
, at the Villa Ballester barracks they announced that the agent will be suspended and will be evaluated by a disciplinary committee.
The footage showed the young man, out of his mind with fury, breaking the glass of a bus on the
140 line
after an alleged crash.
The case became so well known that the story behind the incident has now come to light.
The firefighter is Gian Franco Garone Forcone (19), who was at the Villa Ballester barracks since he was 16. He was summoned by the Fire Department and "faces at least two years out of the Force," the sources said.
They
also suspended his driving record
.
But those who knew him came out to explain his life story: Last year he faced a difficult tragedy.
In addition to being a volunteer firefighter, the agent works in
Vicente López's Civil Defense
.
Last year, that institution received a fire alert in
Munro
and they went to cover the emergency.
It was the house of Gian Franco's mother.
A firefighter from the VIlla Ballester barracks destroyed a bus on Line 140 after a crash in Villa Adelina.
Video capture
"He was the first to get in and found it burned," says a co-worker of his.
After the fact, he was accompanied by psychologists, both in Civil Defense and in the barracks where he was a volunteer, in Villa Ballester.
"In the sessions, the professionals did not detect any indication of mental damage due to the tragedy," the source says.
In addition, in their environment they ask that "the whole story" of the incident that was filmed and disseminated on the Internet be told.
The fight would have started
five blocks before the violent outcome
.
They maintain that the group locked up the young firefighter's car and crashed him.
Garone Forcone asked the driver to stop, but he left.
There was a 500-meter chase and then what was captured on the video happened.
Mario Oyarzo, head of the Villa Ballester fire station, in dialogue with
TN,
offered a public apology for what happened to the bus
driver
and
repudiated the
incident
.
He also said that what happened caught their attention and that a disciplinary court will define the sanction.
The National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) and the Municipality of General San Martín reported that the firefighter's driver's license was suspended and that, in addition, "he must undergo a
new psychophysical examination
to determine if he is fit" to drive.
The case
It all happened on Wednesday in Villa Adelina, when the firefighter, who
was on
guard -
and that's why he was wearing a uniform - he went to take his girlfriend home.
There was the clash with the bus, which the driver described as "friction."
Then total madness.
It was Roberto Villalba, the
driver of Line 140
who was attacked, who filmed the incident and gave details of the attack.
The bus driver is at rest with
injuries to his shoulder, nose and one eye
.
"
I'm quite shocked by what happened,
" he said.
Mario Oyarzo, chief of the Villa Ballester Fire Department.
Photo: TN capture
According to his account, the filming that transpired was the second collision.
There was
a first crossing that is not seen
and that only the aggressor, the victim and the witnesses know in detail.
It happened a few blocks from where the video was filmed.
According to Roberto, when
he was parking the bus, he brushed against the fireman's car:
“He got out of the car hitting an iron, while he was walking towards my window, I said:
'If you're a firefighter, why that attitude?
Without saying anything,
he spat
at
me
”.
Meanwhile, the attacker yelled at him, barrette in hand:
“
You broke my whole car, you son of a bitch.
And you didn't stop
… "
The noise of broken glass and insults dominate the audio of the video of the attack, unthinkable for a firefighter.
Faced with this reaction, the driver of line 140 chose to continue on his way, being about “ten blocks” from the company's terminal.
“I closed the glass and continued.
He began to follow me
to the place where everything happened: he passed me, the car crossed me and got out.
And what you see in the video happened ”, was his testimony.
"
I did not expect so much violence,
" concluded the bus driver, who was carrying passengers, who were scared and one of them asked to open the door to get off.
"I did not want to for fear of attacking them," he added.
Roberto said that the first blow to the window injured his shoulder,
his face was hurt when the glass exploded
and he fell: "I got tangled with the belt and the nylon curtain, I don't know if I hit the pipes."
And he explained that when the police arrived at the scene, the firefighter had already left.
"It is capable of saving lives, that's why I don't understand," he closed.
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