Young cyclist who died in Providencia: He worked to pay for his studies and did not like to use public transport – National

During the morning of this Thursday, a young cyclist died as a result of a traffic accident with a Red bus in the Providencia district, being the second tragic incident in the last two days, adding to the number of cyclists killed this year that has

According to preliminary information, Emely Rojas had just crossed Nueva Providencia Avenue and in front of the Costanera Center Mall, she was pedaling down Holland Avenue when she wasHe tried to change tracks when it was run over by the rear wheels of a public transport bus.

This 2020 young Emely turned 24 years old. Daughter of Chilean parents but born in Venezuela, she returned to our country in 2017, where she began her studies in Civil Construction at the AIEP institute. He lived in the Recoleta commune and daily He moved by bicycle because he did not like to use public transport to go to work in a pastry shop in Ñuñoa with which he paid for his studies, or to move to other parts of the city.

“He was a happy, responsible person. He liked to participate in different activities, but now unfortunately he will no longer be with us“said the mother of the cyclist who was run over, Emelina González, who asked for justice not only for his daughter but for all the cyclists who have lost their lives this year.

Faced with this issue, the Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, indicated that “nor we need more evidence, speed is a deadly weapon. We of course have to act on better infrastructure, on roads dedicated to one of the modes and that is a correction that, in my opinion, must be made to the Law of coexistence in a manner “.

Emely’s body will remain in the Legal Medical Service and will be delivered to her relatives this Friday. His fellow travelers made a candle at the place where the accident occurred, where they asked for more bike paths and respect when pedaling.

Remember that this is the second case of these characteristics in less than two days, because last Tuesday a cyclist, identified as James Fuentes, died in Maipú after being run over, a fact which also motivated about 300 people who demanded justice and that the conditions of the bicycle lanes be improved in the Metropolitan region.

Civil society organizations and academics linked to the world of mobility They delivered this Tuesday in La Moneda a letter asking the government for urgent measures to stop and prevent the deaths of cyclists, given the alarming increase in fatal accidents that has been registered during 2020.

The letter was presented to the newly appointed Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, because the lack of oversight and infrastructure deficit and road education, they said, have resulted in a real public safety problem, for which they urged the authorities to prioritize this issue within the government agenda that this 2020 has already left 88 cyclists killed in traffic accidents.