The truck driver was left with house arrest, allegedly responsible for the multiple collision on Route 5, near Victoria, and that left two deceased.
Speeding, not maintaining a safe distance and not being attentive to traffic conditions, added to visibility problems due to fog, would be, in the opinion of the Prosecutor’s Office, the elements and circumstances that contributed to the serious accident.
The driver of a truck, who is attributed responsibility in the event, was presented before the Guarantee Court of the commune, for which it was formalized by the quasi-crimes of homicide and serious injuries.
This is Rodolfo Alexis Matuz Carrasco, who was guiding a truck with a semi-trailer heading north and who, after passing through the junction to the La Turbina sector in Victoria, encountered an accident in which a truck and two vans were traversed, according to what he said. the prosecutor of the Public Ministry, Aldo Osorio.
This maneuver also generated that other vehicles were successively colliding with the truck guided by the defendant, resulting in 10 mobiles catching fire, costing the lives of a commander and a major non-commissioned officer of the Carabineros, both in retirement, identified as José Augusto Correa Correa and Carlos Ponce Salvo. Resulting also 7 other people injured, one of them in critical condition with more than 70% of her body burned.
After hearing the background of the event, the Judge of Guarantee in Victoria, Karina Muñoz Paredes, decided to apply the precautionary measures of night house arrest, monthly signature and national roots, authorizing four months of investigation period.
This article describes an ongoing legal process
There is a possibility that the charges will be dismissed at the end of the investigation, therefore The accused should NOT be considered as guilty until Justice dictates sentence against him. (Article 04 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)
