In the afternoon of this Wednesday July 15 a reported serious traffic accident that altered the tranquility of the neighborhood The Canada from the town of Usaquen.
According to him preliminary report from the authoritieshe road accident It happened exactly at the height of the Carrera Septima with Calle 142.
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Van was speeding
🚨🚗 Traffic accident in the north of Bogotá left two people injured.
Around 2:40 pm this Tuesday, July 15, a road accident was reported in the town of Usaquén, on Carrera Séptima Avenue and 142nd Street, in a north-south direction.
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Likewise, the District Mobility Secretariat of Bogotá confirmed that the van moved in the direction north-south along Carrera Séptima when the driver, due to speedinglost control and crashed into the wall of the Belmira Reserved 2 residential complex.
The fact left two people injured that were inside the car PHK 674 plates. “A private car traveling along Seventh Avenue hits the house, there is two people affected. On site we have ambulance and fire department“, they explained from the district entity.
Likewise, THE TIME had access to the accident report. It states that the vehicle was driven by a woman. 79 years oldwho was injured after the crash. The other occupant had 83 yearsalso suffered injuries.
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Once the emergency was reported, the rescue team attended the crash and both people were transferred until the Santafe Clinic.
The crash was great magnitudeso part of the wall of the complex was destroyed. Videos on social networks They made it clear how the wall ended up. In fact, it is also observed how different people, apparently from the apartments, came out to help the people who were inside the van.
Two people were injured but were taken to the Santafé Clinic. Photo:X:Locate1490
The incident also affected the mobility of the area for several hours. Users on social networks reported that they registered at the point traffic jams. “There is a lot of traffic near Cedritos”, “A truck crashed in a complex”, “Accident in Usaquén”, were some of the comments from Internet users on X.
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The order at this point of the north of Bogotá it was possible to restore until 6 pm when a tow truck was able to remove the truck. However, the damage to the property was leftwhich generates fear among residents because they fear that thieves will enter the complex during the night or that the structure of the building may have been affected.
Traffic accident in the north of Bogotá. Photo:X:Locate1490
Accident in Siberia
Another serious road accident was reported in the afternoon in Siberia, Cundinamarca, very close to Bogotá. The traffic authorities confirmed that the crash occurred on the Siberia-Funza road, specifically “in the San Antonio Business Park sector.”
Due to the accident, there was heavy congestion. vehicular traffic on Calle 80 with Carrera 114which lasted more than two hours and affected the entire exit from the capital.
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At this point several citizens reported their dissatisfaction because normality was not returning and the traffic flow was increasing. At the time, TransMilenio reported that it had temporarily stopped operating service on several feeder routes.
At around 7:24 p.m., the District Mobility Secretariat explained: “The conditions of transportation improve. mobility at the exit of the 80th Street corridor, the TransMiZonal fleet resumes its route over the sector, begins to operate the food service again 1-8 Calle 80 and the dual route D81 cancels operational returns at Portal 80.”
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