Mendoza: A woman died while doing "culipatín" in Puente del Inca

MENDOZA.- A trip in the snow became a real tragedy


Mendoza
. A woman, who enjoyed the Cuyana Mountain with her family, lost her life after hitting a concrete pole by slipping into the famous culipatín.

Everything went well on a special day to visit the snowy hills of Cuyo province. On Sunday, July 15, the weather invited to enjoy the white landscape and play in the snow. It is so that the victim of the accident decided to pull the small plastic sled in one of the prohibited areas for this purpose, where there are signs indicating that there is has a lot of ice and stones. The strong impact against one of the concrete posts was at the origin of the fatal trauma.

After the accident, the woman was hospitalized, but she could not recover, although she entered consciously.

At present, the victim was treated at the hospital Luis Chrabalowski, in the mountainous city of Uspallata, but she was taken to the central hospital of great complexity located in the center of the capital, where she finally lost her life

. Commissioner Mario Lucero, head of the Mendoza International Police Corridor, confirmed the death. In a dialogue with Mdz Radio, the official said that the unfortunate episode, which did not occur when it occurred, occurred in the vicinity of the Compagnie des Hunters in Puente del Inca, 190 kilometers from the provincial capital

. that so far this season have had to draw attention to several people for the violation of access to restricted sites to perform the fun practice. In addition, they say that it is common to meet locals and tourists returning to dangerous areas despite the official warning.