A truck fell into the sea this Monday afternoon in the town of Caleta La Arena on the Carretera Austral in the Los Lagos region. The driver was rescued safely by workers Carabineros,
This incident happened around 3 p.m. The access ramp to the pier of the said bay, where a truck carrying mortal fish fell into the seaCaptain Hardy Hyunul reported.
Seeing what happened, the flagship of the Tenencia Hornopirén, Lieutenant Jaime Barria, accompanied by a civilian, entered the sea with the purpose of To get the driver out of the cabin. The task he successfully carried out, since The man was not injured and is “in good health”.Hyunul reported.
Although the circumstances of the incident remain under investigation, Puerto Montt’s port captain, First Lieutenant Germán Manterola, said that “The reason for the truck falling was obvious Brake problems,
Similarly, he said the service was disrupted for about an hour while waiting for the truck to be removed from the ramp.
After what happened, the Minister of Transport, Pablo Jost, called on drivers to maintain the technical conditions of public transport vehicles such as cargo because “when this type of situation occurs, it affects all the connectivity systems for those who need to move.”
About a week earlier, a similar situation occurred in the same bay, where a bus from the company Los Navegantes, which runs from Hualahue to Puerto Montt, was about to descend onto a ramp towards the sea.
✅⚓️ now #ruta7: Transshipment service to be re-established at mouth after ramp track clearance; garbage trucks removed from boarding area.
Traffic caution for users of La Arena – Puelche. #puertomont #hulaihue pic.twitter.com/t8f19jth7O
– Transporteinforma Los Lagos Region (@TTILosLagos) July 15, 2024