While The Truck Was Moving, A Wheel Fell Off, Two People Were Injured

Giovanni Enrique Gutiérrez Mendoza, 52, and Diocenel Antonio León García, 72, remain in care centers, the two men who were injured at noon last Tuesday, January 16, after a traffic accident that occurred on Vía 40 and Calle 79, where a store-restaurant operates, in the north of the Atlantic capital.

The Traffic and Transportation Section of the Barranquilla Metropolitan Police recorded that between 11:00 and 11:30 in the morning a TKC-583 license plate truck, affiliated with a solid and liquid cargo transportation company, had a mechanical failure when The front tire detached from its right hub, causing it to be ejected at full speed and towards the sidewalk.

The fact was shocking. It was recorded on a security camera at the business located at the address in question, where Gutiérrez and León were waiting for their lunches at plastic tables.

Other people who were at the site told the authorities that the accident “could have been more serious,” in the sense that the place is busy at 12:00 noon, the time when employees in the area go out to lunch.