Video: for reckless, driver was inches away from causing fatal accident in Bolivar

This Saturday, April 16, the occupants of a vehicle traveling on the road that connects the municipality of San Juan de Nepomuceno, north of the department of Bolívar, recorded on video what could end in a traffic accident one day after the end of Holy Week.

The video that was shared by a citizen identified as Julio R. Maza through Twitter recorded the moment when a gray Toyota Prado truck overtakes a truck and a double yellow bus, forcing the vehicle coming in the opposite direction to stop to avoid the accident.

The recklessness of the driver of the van narrowly ends in one of the more than 300 traffic accidents that have occurred on national roads in which more than 400 people have been injured and more than 50 died, increasing the number of accidents during one of the seasons with the most traffic accidents.

“Toyota Prado vehicle, license plate FUS 125. Know that you were just a short time away from erasing a beautiful family this Saturday, April 16, 2022 on the San Juan Nepo road. I hope you arrived safely at your home,” said Julio R. Maza, who pointed out that this vehicle is listed in the name of a citizen of Monteria, Córdoba.

Holy Week becomes one of the most important times for tourism nationwide, within the framework of this season a large number of Colombians seek to leave their cities to share with their families and even return to their places of origin. However, these activities are often marred as accidents on the roads become the protagonist due to different factors.

Within the framework of this festive bridge, more than 300 accidents have been recorded throughout the country, one with greater magnitude than others. However, according to the authorities, the rate has fallen compared to the previous year, as it fell by 11%, as El Tiempo could see.

The preliminary allows the death of more than 50 people to be recorded in different settings of the country. The most relevant events so far allow us to record that a van type vehicle fell to the cliff on the road that connects Medellín with Quibdo, in which three people were killed while ten were injured. At the same time, on the road that leads from Bogotá to the Atlantic Coast, five members of a family died in a major accident, while a child under the age of eight was the only survivor.

Also, on 10 April, a ladder truck fell into the Barroso River at the height of Salgar, in Antioquia: two people were killed while at least 20 were injured by the heavy blow produced after the accident. The most recent event occurred at kilometer 138 of the El Ermitaño-La Lizama highway, Pozo Nutria sector, in Barrancabermeja, Santander, when a private vehicle collided with a truck, as a result of the regrettable event, three people lost their lives, including two women and one man.

According to the newspaper El Tiempo, nearly 400 people have been affected after these regrettable events. The main causes of accidents have to do with recklessness behind the wheel and speeding, since drivers, in their desire to arrive at their destination soon, seek to accelerate their vehicles, likewise, lack of expertise becomes a key factor in these cases.

KEEP READING