2024-09-14 01:26:32
The truck driver, after being shot, is not in danger of dying and prevented the theft of the loading machine.
The driver of a truck who was shot remains hospitalized at the Félix Bulnes Hospital by criminals who tried to steal the cargo vehicle with which he was heading to Viña del Mar.
The incident occurred this morning at Américo Vespucio with Costanera Norte, when Between five and six criminals intimidated him with firearms and shot him to carry out the theft of the truck..
Despite being shot in the chest, the driver managed to get to a service station located near Route 68.
Wounded and bleeding, the man got off the machine and headed to the Pronto store, where He reported the theft of the truck and asked to notify the police.
Driver reported truck theft
In the meantime, the criminals had followed the driver who had been shot, got into the truck and tried to escape. However, their action was thwarted because a few meters away the vehicle stopped at the intersection with Route 68, because it had a power cut.
For their part, after arriving at the scene, Carabineros officers They escorted the transfer of the truck driver to the Félix Bulnes Hospitalwhere he remains hospitalized, not in danger of dying.
According to what was reported by Radio Biobío, the owner of the truck said that he does not know what the load was that he was transporting, since it was delivered to him sealed and had to be transported to the Mall Marina Arauco, in Viña del Mar.