Freddy Rincón: explanation of the two injuries that led to his death

The former footballer suffered several injuries during the traffic accident in Cali. However, there were two that were decisive in his death

Freddy Rincón continues to be the subject of the media after the Attorney General's Office released a succession of scenes that reconstructed what happened hours and minutes before the car accident, until it came to the result of who was driving when the van in which he was traveling crashed. former athlete.

By the hand and story of Deputy Prosecutor Martha Mancera, last Friday some important points were learned in detail about the accident that ended the life of the Colombian football idol. Along with Mancera was Jorge Paredes, a forensic doctor, who revealed other data about Rincón's death under scientific terms.

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It should be clarified that within the investigation into the road event, it was determined that Rincón does not wear a seat belt correctly, which could have been one of the causes in the severity of the injuries.

In itself, Paredes says that it was not a certain blow to the head during the collision with the MIO bus that caused the injuries, but instead, it was a shock that caused the former footballer's brain to be affected.

It also established that the second injury was serious to the extent that some brainstem fibers were broken during the sudden movement after the shock, which generated “hemorrhage because the movements broke fibers and damaged brain tissue. There's internal bleeding. That causes unconsciousness and that it does not recover,” said the forensic scientist.

Another conclusion they reached after analyzing everything about this case was that Freddy Rincón was the driver at the time of the accident. This statement was supported as follows:

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In addition to the two injuries already mentioned, a report from Legal Medicine revealed what other blows Freddy suffered in the accident and which were less than the previous ones. The list includes a “trauma to the sternal region”, “a small blow to the lip”, “trauma to both sides”, “injury to the aorta” and “a contusion to one lung”.

Finally, the medical examiner commented on an injury to the meso in which he had several bleeding points: “In an organ called the meso, a structure that supports and irrigates the intestine, Freddy Rincón had five points of hemorrhage due to the traction that is made in the acceleration and deceleration movements. They are small injuries, but that happens.”

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