Captured truck driver who struck a group of villagers in Nahualá – Prensa Libre

Yesterday, March 27, around 8:30 pm, a group of settlers from Nahualá, Sololá, stayed on the inter-American road to find out the identity of a man who died a few minutes earlier. A truck, supposedly at an excessive speed, hit people.

Minutes after the accident, relief agencies and government authorities reported more than 30 deaths, but at the start of flight hours, local authorities confirmed 18, including the community leader killed in an accident occurred a few minutes ago. Relatives of the victims reportedly removed bodies before the official count.

Civil National Police officers from the Solola police station captured the alleged perpetrator of crushing several people while driving in the vehicle with C096BLM commercial van registration plates. in black and white with yellow stripes, near the Interamerican Highway, in Nahualá

The detainee was identified as Pedro René Lorenzo López, 28, from Concepción Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango.

From five o'clock in the morning of this Thursday, the bodies of the victims identified by the authorities were handed over to their relatives in the communal hall of Nahualá. According to some villagers' comments, several residents reportedly took the bodies of their deceased relatives (about a dozen) last night, before the arrival of the authorities, as they consider that the autopsies are only a "loss" of time ".

With regard to the event, the Attorney General's office indicated that, through the Sololá district prosecutor's office and the support of other nearby prosecutors, "had treated the scene to from which, up to now, the following data can be formalized: "

• 18 dead (10 men and 8 women), including a 10 year old girl – including the community leader -.
• Among the actions undertaken, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) and the local authorities proceeded to the installation of a mobile morgue in the municipal hall of Nahulá.
• The number of injured is being checked.

In addition, the clbades of the Nahualá conurbation will be suspended today and tomorrow in duel, because of the tragedy that occurred last night at the place indicated by the Minister of Education, Óscar Hugo López.

Families took the bodies home to wake up. Some families lost up to three members.

Of the 28 wounded, nine are hospitalized at the Western Regional Hospital (HRO) in Quetzaltenango and three more were transferred to Roosevelt Hospital. In the following video, the director of this hospital explains the situation of the wounded, who need strong interventions.

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