2024-09-26 19:24:25
Of the total number of deaths during National Holidays, 61 were due to traffic accidents, while the rest were murdered.
A total of 98 dead, between traffic accidents and homicidesis the latest balance of the number of deaths in the country during the days of National Holidays.
According to the information provided by Carabineros, the number of fatalities resulting from traffic accidents rose to 61 on the different roads of the country.
In this regard, they detailed that the majority of the accidents were due to excessive speed, “followed by inattentive driving and a third variable which is deceased pedestrians“.
The police institution specified at the same time that said number of fatalities in traffic accidents includes what happened on the different highways and streets of the country. between Friday the 13th and Sunday the 22nd of September. The regions in which the most deaths occurred due to these events were the Metropolitana (13), Biobío (8) and La Araucanía (7).
According to the report provided by the uniformed police, This year, 64.9% more deaths were recorded compared to 2019when there was also a week-long celebration, and when 37 fatalities were recorded.
Deaths from homicides reach 37
On the other hand, seven people joined those killed by homicides during the National Holidayswith which the number of deaths from this cause reaches 37 during the last daysaccording to what was reported this morning by the undersecretary of crime prevention, Eduardo Vergara.
The authority asserted that the crimes were recorded in different parts of the country between Monday the 16th and the early hours of this Monday, September 23rd. He also added that most were perpetrated with firearms.
In this way, the 25 dead from homicides delivered on Saturday by Minister Carolina Tohátwelve other cases were subsequently added, the last two of which occurred in the Ecuador climb, in the city of Valparaíso.
According to the police report, Both victims were shot in the chest and died due to the severity of their injuries.. One of them was identified as a 33-year-old Chilean citizen, while the identity of the other is unknown and it is estimated that I was between 30 and 40 years old.
To these two deaths in Valparaíso, a third was added in the Sporting inns, in the city of Viña del Mar. In that place A 22-year-old man was stabbed in the chestfor which he was rushed to the Gustavo Fricke Hospital, where he died as a result of the severity of the wound.