2024-09-20 17:44:14
The SIAT of Carabineros is investigating the origin of the accident that ended with the hit and run that left two dead in Valparaíso.
Officers from the Traffic Accident Investigation Section (SIAT) of Carabineros are investigating the accident that left two teenagers dead in Valparaíso, after were hit by a truck that had previously overturned on the city map.
The fact It happened in the first minutes of this Monday, September 16at the intersection of Errázuriz Avenue and Bellavista Street.
For reasons that police work is trying to determine, in that place The truck first overturned and then ran over the two young people.who were preliminarily identified as a 15-year-old minor and a 19-year-old youth.
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According to the first information provided at the scene by the captain of Carabineros, Carlos Sandoval, of the SIAT Valparaíso, “there was a traffic accident of the crash type, with the participation of a van and two pedestrians, As a result of which a 15-year-old teenager and a 19-year-old adult, both males, unfortunately died.“.
In addition to the police officers, they also arrived at the scene of the accident that left two dead volunteers from three Valparaíso Fire Department units, along with SAMU personnel from the port.
While the Prosecutor’s Office determined that SIAT personnel should investigate the incident, it also gave the instruction to detain the driver of the van until his alleged responsibility is established in the fatal accident.