A man died after being involved in a traffic accident this Saturday afternoon in downtown Santiago.

The event was recorded at around 7:00 p.m., in moments when the motorist was moving along Avenida Matta with Manuel Tocornal.

There, for reasons that are being investigated, he came across a public lighting pole. He ended up overturned outside a Chinese food restaurant.

He was immediately transferred to the Central Post Office, where due to the severity of his injuries he died during the night.

According to preliminary information, the victim was traveling unaccompanied, so there is no record of more people involved.

The identity has yet to be revealed.