Video: a motorist died in Chile in an impressive accident at 220 kilometers per hour at a toll station

A 21-year-old man died instantly on Thursday after crashing his vehicle into a containment barrier at a toll station.

The event in question was recorded by the security camera located in the so-called Troncal Cuatro Vientos, in the town of Purranque (Los Lagos region), located 963 kilometers south of the capital Santiago.

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As can be seen in the violent file, the driver of the vehicle goes to a great speedwhile the cars driving by are slow as a toll (toll to enter a town) was approaching.

After that, the vehicle that ended up in a wreck headed towards the containment barrier directlyat this time, it collided at high speed which even caused several parts of the machine to be ejected and set on fire.

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After the fatal crash, part of the vehicle’s speedometer was found, which marked for more than 220 kilometers per hour at the time of the accident.

This was reported by a witness, identified as Alejandro, who contacted Chilean media to report on the situation: “I was just passing by this place because I work in Puerto Varas (Los Lagos area). This young man was coming from Osorno towards Puerto Montt, and collided with a barrier that belongs to a toll trunk that is in Purranque (municipality of Osorno),” he said.

In this sense, the witness explained that “he collided with the cement barrier, it hit like highs and from there it hit another cement wallin which he was ejected from the vehicle, being left behind. The car was totaled; the engine jumped 70 metersand various parts actually, the doors and all.

Likewise, the Traffic Accident Investigation Section (SIAT) of the Carabinieri and Forensic Service They traveled to the event site to proceed with the removal of the body and the gathering of background information that led to the fatal event.

It should be mentioned that the victim of the accident for speeding He was from Osornoa town near the crash site.

For its part, Cristián Yáñez, lawyer for the Los Lagos Societythe concession holder who is in charge of the section of good river until Port of Monttexplained that due to circumstances being investigated by the SIAT fontthere was a high-speed entry into the toll area of a Ford Model Territory vehicle“driven by a grown man”.

“Enter the high-speed toll area, collide head-on with the concrete island (structure) at the entrance to the tracks, causing considerable damage to the vehicle. It is not known why the vehicle entered the zone at high speed, which It is indicated by a speed limit by means of signs, studs. The weather conditions were optimal,” he added.

In turn, he argued that “once the event has occurred, immediately toll area concessionaire staff activated accident protocol and emergency personnelthrough Chilean police, ambulances, firefighters and rescue personnelarrived after a few minutes, confirming the death of the sole occupant of the vehicle.

During this time, the Captain of the Traffic Accident Investigation Section (SIAT) of Osorno, Francois de la Vegaexplained that they attended “the Highway 5 Southat kilometer 962, in the municipality of Purranque, for an accident where, unfortunately, a driver was killed”.

The manager also insisted on the fact thatSIAT staff are still taking various steps to be able to establish the cause of this road accident.. Among the main assumptions, it is considered that the vehicle was transported at an unreasonable speed.

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