TO 10-year-old boy was driving a vehicle that crashed into a freight train at full speed who was detained while waiting to enter the port of Coronel, in the Bío Bío region.

Car occupants still serious at the Regional Hospital of Concepción.

An irresponsibility in the care of children revealed the violent traffic accident that occurred in Coronel, when a vehicle driven by a minor, barely 10 years old, crashed into a freight train that was waiting its turn to enter the southern access of the port.

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Five people were traveling on mobile, two adults and three minors, and to the surprise of the emergency teams and Carabineros who arrived at the scene, a child was at the wheel, explained Major Pedro Montesinos, from the Fourth Police Station of the uniformed police.


The group, domiciled in Lota, came from a coexistence developed in a house in the Yobilo sector, an unauthorized activity in a pandemic and without prior notice they withdrew from the place.

Faced with the alcoholic state of the adults, the minor got behind the wheel and ran at full speed, to the point that He didn’t even stop when he faced the iron mass that the train put up, which can be seen in a chilling video captured by a security camera.

The SIAT submitted the place to expert opinions and the background of the case will be referred to the Family Court, due to the violation of children’s rights, the improvised driver of the car.

The injured remain in serious condition at the Concepción Regional Hospital and one of them, the child’s stepfather, has a reserved prognosis.