2024-07-19 20:11:27
The strong rain on the afternoon of this Thursday, July 18 in Mexico City caused significant floods in the mayor’s office Alvaro Obregonwhere cars were stranded underwater, overturned or even one of them on a grate.
A Photo made viral by showing how a car was stranded on a fence approximately three meters high on Río San Ángel street, in the colony Jumpingin Alvaro Obregon.
The striking image also shows another red vehicle completely overturned on the pavement, which caused amazement among Internet users.
CDMX: Car stranded on a fence due to flooding in Álvaro Obregón is rescued
Two cranes were needed to rescue the car that was stranded on a grate on Rio San Angel Street and Cerrada de San Angel, in the Atlamaya neighborhood of the municipality Alvaro Obregonin CDMX.
Through an information card, the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City reported that officers from the Banking and Industrial Police (PBI) went to the spot where the vehicle was stranded on a fence about three meters high, in the Atlamaya neighborhood, due to the heavy rains recorded this Thursday.
Upon arrival, the uniformed officers observed a red car overturned on its roof and another blue one, suspended over a fence and a treeso they requested emergency services.
After several hours of maneuvers, the authorities managed to lower the vehicle and place it on its four wheels, just like the other car that was overturned.
According to the owner of the car, the insurance company will take care of the damages.
How did the car end up in a gate? Driver claims it was empty
In an interview with Foro Tv, the owner He recounted how was that His car was stranded on a fence three meters high, in the Alvaro Obregon mayor’s office.
“We were visiting and suddenly someone told us that it was already flooding, we could not get into any of the four cars,” said the owner of the car that was left on the heights.
The victim said that when he left the building where they were visiting The car was already floating at a height of more than a meter and colliding with other cars.so he could not do anything to move it and that was when he requested support from Civil Protection.
He said the other overturned car seen in the viral photo belongs to his daughter.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that a similar event has occurred on this same street; in August 2023, Mayor Lía Limón reported the effects of flooding caused by the lack of drainage maintenance de la colonia Jump.
2024-07-19 20:11:27