In the early hours of Tuesday, December 23, 2025, a traffic accident occurred in the Gualanday Tunnel, in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
A wrong-way driver drove onto this road, was avoided by several drivers and hit a motorcyclist as he exited the tunnel, whose identity and state of health remain unclear.
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The incident began when a truck drove several meters in the opposite direction in the Gualanday Tunnel. Images from surveillance cameras show the desperate maneuvers of other drivers to avoid a tragedy by avoiding the perpetrator.
Ultimately, the driver ran over a motorcyclist a few meters after exiting the tunnel, reigniting concerns about road safety in the region.
The victim was urgently taken to a hospital. Until the time of publicationNo details were known about the severity of his injuries or the development of his health..
The traffic authorities intervened on site. The driver of the truck reportedly refused to submit to a breathalyzer test WeekFor which he received three summonses, he reported Week. This fact was recorded in the first official reports on the case.
The concessionaire APP GICA SA, responsible for the operation and maintenance of the road corridor, strongly rejected the perpetrator’s behavior in a statement. In his statements published by WeekThe concessionaire emphasized the seriousness of driving in the wrong direction and the serious danger these actions pose to the lives and safety of users.
The episode sparked a wave of outrage on social media. Many citizens expressed concern about reckless driving with messages expressing public dissatisfaction: ““These murderers behind the wheel need to be lynched as often or worse than the rats stealing on the streets.”or direct demands like: “Jail for this damn animal.” Other users expressed even more radical positions on how to respond to such dangerous maneuvers..
The concessionaire reiterated the call for driver responsibility and mutual protection on the road, recalling that every decision behind the wheel has a direct impact on collective safety.
A motorcyclist died on December 23, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in a traffic accident with a truck on NQS Avenue in Bogotá, in the city of Los Mártires
The area was cordoned off and plainclothes officers, together with the command group, regulated traffic flow in the surrounding streets while the criminal investigation department removed the body. Between January and September 2025, the National Road Safety Agency (Ansv) reported 3,951 motorcyclist deaths in Colombia, an increase of 8% compared to the same period in 2024..
Official data also shows that 73% of motorcyclist deaths during this period occurred between 11 p.m. and 4:00 a.m
According to initial information from the authorities, the victim lost control of the motorcycle with license plate IZQ88D while driving over potholes and then fell onto the path of a semi-trailer.
The investigation to determine the exact causes remains open. Images and videos on social networks show how the emergency paralyzed traffic and highlight the challenges facing the capital’s road system.
So far this year, motorcyclists killed on the country’s roads have mainly involved collisions with solid objects (898 cases), trucks (704), private transport vehicles (657) and other motorcycles. In addition, 12,706 injuries were reported between January and September, exceeding the 2024 figure.
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