Video: A truck collides with a trailer on a bridge, causing a 5-kilometre-long traffic jam

A a truck with a trailer crashing into a bridge on Olivos Street At kilometer 36 of the Pan American Highwaynorth direction, at altitude column, An accident led to a complete blockage of this vital traffic artery, with massive traffic congestion that reached queues of more than 5 kilometers of parked vehicles.

The truck was driving In the slow lane From the Pan American Highway, and He was trapped while trying to cross the concrete structure of the bridge. That’s like most of those constructions Its height is 4.1 metresas indicated on the signs.

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The cabin made it through, but the trailer couldn’t. Cause the accident Said trailer will tilt and rest on the rear wheelsThis forced a large operation by highway personnel to remove it.

It is clear that to carry out these tasks, a complete blocking of traffic was carried out in the direction towards Pilar, resulting in a massive traffic jam in which lines of vehicles stretched for 5 km. According to police and road sources, fortunately, the truck driver was not injured, and thus the accident ended without any more cost than the bad mood of the rest of the motorists due to the delay.

next to, Another accident had occurred earlier Which also appeared Two trucks. It was at kilometer 23.5 in the same direction on the same highway.

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Many of those who were traveling along the Panamericana took time on Thursday, while they had to stop due to the truck accident on the bridge, to express their anger at this situation on social media. “I can’t believe you! Another one… and it’s no longer touching the cars, the holes… now there are sticks between the trucks, and this truck with the container hit the bridge… is there a solution?” One of them said. Another user also complained: “And they went… a truck loaded with a container took a bridge over the Panamericana Ramal Pilar. Huge delays.”