A tractor-trailer overturned in the early hours of Wednesday on the M-50 near Getafe Throwing between 15 and 20 tons of beer on the highway. The events occurred at 00:30 when the grounds … Which the Civil Guard is investigating, the driver left the road, leaving half of it upside down and the entire load scattered.
According to what was reported by the emergency organization. He had to be transferred to Getafe Hospital Because of shoulder pain. The accident caused the closure of that section of the M-50 for several hours because the truck and the load it was carrying were occupying almost the entire road.
In fact, before the road closed, a car He had another accident When you hit the truck bed. Firefighting teams removed the trapped car, leaving its driver unharmed.
A large load crane was able to remove the damaged vehicles, although it took several hours to clear the road as the overturned load of approximately 15 to 20 tonnes of beer stored in cans was collected before it could be reopened.
Fatal accident just 2 km away
Just two hours later, at around 2:45 a.m., another accident occurred on the same road and only two kilometers away, on PK53, already located in the municipality of Fuenlabrada, in which one person was killed. Its connection to the previous incident is being investigated as the road remains closed and vehicles had to be diverted along with several trucks in the area.
The accident occurred as a result of the collision, when a truck suddenly braked and the car that was driving behind it collided with it. The 49-year-old driver was trapped In the car, his death was only confirmed.