08/22/2021 3:55 PM
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 08/22/2021 4:10 PM
A 30-year-old taxi driver died at dawn this Sunday when his car hit a public lighting pole in
El Calafate
, Santa Cruz.
The fatal accident took on significance because it occurred after colliding with a truck with four young men and it was driven by
the racing driver
Cristóbal Riestra
.
The episode in which the remisero Pablo Cabello died occurred around
4.30 in the morning
of this Sunday.
It was when at the intersection of Julio Argentino Roca and Casimiro Biguá streets, his car - a Volkswagen Suran - collided with the VW Amarok truck, driven by the
21-year-old driver
who competes in Turismo Pista.
The impact against the truck caused the driver to lose control of his vehicle and hit a column of public lighting.
While Riestra's truck, in which he was with three young companions,
ended up several meters from the corner where it crashed.
Thus was the Volkswagen Suran of the remisero that ended up embedded in a public lighting pole.
Photo: Now Calafate
The local police carried out investigations in the place to determine what the impact was like.
The first versions show that the truck
traveled at high speed
through Casimiro Biguá, while the remís did so through Roca.
Police sources indicated that personnel from the Eighth Fire Department Division managed to remove the body of the driver from the braces of the car, although
it was already in a very serious condition.
According to the website
Now Calafate
, one of the victims tried to flee, but was intercepted by the Police.
Both Riestra, who competes in Class 3 of the Track Tourism and has carried out tests with TC2000 cars, as well as his companions, were taken to the Samic hospital, where it was certified that they suffered
"minor injuries"
.
The El Calafate Criminal Court intervened in the case and ordered the young people who were in the Amarok truck to take testimony.
The autopsy on the 30-year-old remisero's body will be carried out in Río Gallegos.
Police sources consulted by the Télam agency indicated that Riestra had a blood sample taken to determine if when the accident occurred he was under the influence of alcohol or some other substance.
With information from Télam
DD
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