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In the Guarantee Court of Victoria was formalized this Saturday an accused driver to provoke the fatal multiple accident that was registered on Saturday in the commune of Victory.
The highway disaster involved more than 20 vehicles – several of which ended in flames – and left two people died and five seriously injured.
Although during the past day it was speculated – even at the press level – that the tragedy could be caused by an arson attack, the Carabineros investigation has ruled out such a situation.
At the end of the hearing, the court determined that the driver, identified as Rodolfo Matus, comply with the precautionary measures of night house arrest and prohibition to leave the country, during the four months of investigation.
“The detained driver was attributed responsibility as the perpetrator of a near misdemeanor of serious injuries and a near misdemeanor of homicide”, detailed the prosecutor Aldo Osorio.
This person “drives a heavy-duty vehicle and, according to the SIAT preliminary report findings, he would not have circulated attentive to the current traffic conditions or at a reasonable, prudent speed. For this reason it collided with the vehicles that preceded it on the route and then it was collided by the vehicles that followed it on the same, “Osorio explained.
“Ultimately, we had a regrettable death of two people and at least one person with life risk. In addition, more people with less serious injuries,” Osorio reported.
The The fatal victims of the accident are retired Carabineros officials. Its about Commander José Correa and the Chief Warrant Officer Carlos Ponce.
