This morninga strong head-on collision took place on Provincial Route 7 a few meters from one of the entrances to the town of Luis Beltrán, in Río Negro. Due, Four of the five passengers involved suffered injuries of varying degrees.. A few meters from the impact site a 22 caliber gun was foundfor which a criminal case was initiated.
Police sources in contact with Diario RÍO NEGRO They reported that the incident occurred around 7:30 at the access to the town of Valle Medio.
There, a Fiat Palio with a single 50-year-old occupant heading towards Beltrán crashed into a Fiat Uno for reasons that are still being investigatedwhich was doing so in the opposite direction with four people on board, two men aged 27 and 26 along with a young woman of 21 and another of 17.
The injured had to be assisted by Beltrán Firefighters, who worked to rescue those who They had been trapped in the cabins, seriously damaged by the frontal impact.
According to what was reported by the Police, the driver of the Palio only suffered a couple of blows and in the afternoon he received discharge from the local hospital, where he had been transferred.
Regarding the passengers of Uno, They were all sent to Choele Choel hospital.
The 26-year-old young man, who was accompanying him, suffered a head injury and remained in the Intermediate Care Unit for several hours, from which he finally left on his own.
While the driver and the two young women who were traveling in the back seat cThey continue to be assisted in that hospital, due to injuries in the hip area, cut wounds and trauma to the knee. Despite the variety of injuries, no one would be at risk, the sources consulted indicated.
Strong crash in Beltrán: a 22 caliber weapon meters from one of the cars involved
Personnel from Beltrán Police Station 19 and the Criminalistics Office worked for more than three hours at the crash site, to collect elements that allow establishing the causes of the accident and also carry out the corresponding breathalyzer tests.
It was during these tasks that the officers found a 22-caliber firearm with its projectiles, meters from the Fiat Uno. The prosecutor’s office on duty was immediately notified. and a case was initiated for violation of Article 189 Bis of the Penal Code.