three dead and seven were injured, some seriously. The balance sheet of the fatal traffic accident that occurred this Friday afternoon. A pickup truck crashed on an embankment between Caravaca de la Cruz and Caravaca de la Cruz. Lorca approved the Civil Guard Traffic.
Specifically, the events took place around seven o’clock in the afternoon, at the top of the city. almudemaIt was a tragic result that the driver of a vehicle carrying people from work in the fields lost control and fell on the embankment for an unknown reason.
accident vehicle a minibus carrying about eight workers and it came from Archivel. No other vehicle was involved in the accident.
As for the wounded, they were distributed among them. Rafael Méndez de Lorca and Comarcal del Noroeste.
9 firefighters of the consortium went to the scene with 4 vehicles. mess from wrecked van. They also mobilized seven ambulances (two mobile emergency units and five 061 ambulances, detailed 112), their toilets could do nothing to save the lives of the three men. They died at the scene.
Work accident
Since there will be a work accident on the way, this should be reported to the competent authority. Occupational Health and Safety Institute region.
The bodies will be taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute. autopsy This confirms the cause of death. The case remains in the hands of the Civil Guard, the competent body. find out what and if someone is responsible for the accident.
Unions have been warning about working conditions in rural areas for some time now: driver One of these minibuses, on which the workers travel, is another team member who gets behind the wheel with the tiredness of the day spent in the pit. Which affects driving.
In August of last year, 6 people who fell on the embankment with a minibus were injured in Lorca. They were also agricultural workers and fell from a height of about five meters.