28-year-old man dies in fatal accident in Lavalleja this Saturday

By Camila Torres

A tragic morning on the eastern routes

The calm of Saturday morning was violently interrupted in the Minuan department by an episode that once again puts road safety in the country on the table. A fatal accident in Lavalleja ended the life of a 28-year-old woman, who was driving a light vehicle on Route 12. The incident, which occurred at approximately 7:00 a.m., urgently mobilized personnel from the local Police Headquarters, Fire Department, and medical emergency units who could do little for the driver.

According to the first reports collected by the authorities at the scene, the vehicle driven by the victim was traveling on the aforementioned artery when, for reasons that the Scientific Police experts are still trying to establish, it crossed the lane and invaded the opposite lane. This maneuver led to a very high-energy head-on collision against a small truck that was traveling in the opposite direction, consolidating a fatal accident in Lavalleja that left the victim's car practically unrecognizable.

Seriously injured after the crash on Route 12

The impact not only claimed the life of the young driver, but also left significant physical scars on the occupants of the other car. vehicle involved. The truck driver, a 50-year-old man, suffered fractures exposed in both legs and had to be rescued from the cabin by Firefighters. Traveling with him was his daughter, an 11-year-old girl, who fortunately did not suffer life-threatening injuries but was immediately transferred to receive medical assistance and psychological support after the road tragedy in Lavalleja.

Route 12 remained closed for several hours while road cleaning tasks and the corresponding expertise were carried out. This new fatal incident on the road reopens the debate about the state of the shoulders and signaling in sections where visibility or driver fatigue early in the day can play tricks. The ministerial authorities have requested Take extreme care, especially on weekends when the flow of traffic to the east of the country increases considerably.

Black day for national transit

Unfortunately, the Lavalleja tragedy was not an isolated event in the last hours. In the capital, a young 29-year-old motorcyclist also lost his life in a crash that occurred in the Malvín neighborhood. According to the testimonies of those who witnessed the event in Italy Avenue and Valencia, the young man was traveling in the exclusive bus lane and, apparently, he was not wearing his helmet correctly, but rather hooked on one of his arms. The impact against a truck that was trying to turn was devastating, adding another young victim to the statistics of this end of week.

In this case, the Montevideo Municipality He worked at the scene performing spirometry tests on the driver of the cargo vehicle, which returned a negative result (0.0). Recklessness, the human factor and, sometimes, neglect of the most basic rules of road coexistence continue to be the common denominators in these episodes that, like the fatal accident in Lavalleja, end up with families destroyed in a matter of seconds.

The death toll in traffic accidents in Uruguay They fail to show a sustained decline that allows the Unasev authorities to breathe easily. Each fatal accident in Lavalleja or on the Montevideo avenues is a reminder that speed, distraction with the cell phone or a simple invasion of the path can be fatal. Prevention remains the only effective tool, but it seems not to be enough when road behavior does not accompany.

How long will we continue adding crossings on our national routes before we understand that life can be lost in a simple path crossing?