Joaquín Kossman, the young man who died after being run over on route 11/web
An 18-year-old young man died yesterday in a sector of Villa Elvira after the bicycle he was riding on was hit by a vehicle.
This new death from traffic causes not only ended up setting the sad statistic of one fatality per day in the last week, on average. It also came to show that recklessness at the wheel is mistress in the streets of the Region.
This death takes place just one day after the death of a cyclist who fought for his life for six days after being hit on January 15 by a Volkswagen Gol, when he was driving along Route 11 at Calle 620.
Yesterday this artery that divides La Plata and Berisso once again became the scene of a tragedy.
The victim was identified by the police as Joaquín Kossman, a young student who lived in 608, between 10 and 11.
Based on the police report, the victim was hit on route 11, at kilometer 20, by a Chrysler Neon model car that was driven by an 82-year-old man.
According to a statistical record prepared by this newspaper with judicial and police information, with the death of Kossman the number of deaths in traffic accidents in the Region during 2023 rose to 12. This represents, on average, one death every 44 hours. She is also the third person to die after being hit when she was riding a bicycle. In fact, the 3 cyclists, Jorge Loto (55), Rodrigo Silva (49) and Joaquín Kossman (18), lost their lives consecutively.
As noted, Kossman’s is the seventh death in the past week. On January 15, a man died in Barrio Hipódromo and Angela Aguilar (18). Three days later, Juan Catriel (72) and Jorge Loto (55) lost their lives. Meanwhile, on January 21, Rodrigo Silva (49) died.
TWO TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS
Although the death of this young man was, during yesterday’s session, the most relevant data in road matters, there were also two accidents that bordered on tragedy.
The accident, by far the most terrible in terms of destruction, occurred in the morning on Camino Centenario, at the height of 489.
According to police sources, a dark green Chevrolet Corsa model vehicle and a gray Volkswagen Gol model car were involved in a sinister road that “did not end in a tragedy by a narrow margin.”
Although the case is a matter of investigation, so far the investigators have been able to reconstruct that the Corsa hit the Gol squarely, causing the rear of the vehicle to sink.
The causes that gave rise to this tremendous accident are still unknown. Due to this, during these hours, the security cameras in the area are analyzed to establish the responsibility of each driver in the accident.
As noted, the Goal was the one that took the worst part with losses that border on totals. Although the Corsa also suffered severe damage at the front.
In this sense, the troops who intervened in the procedure that was required to be set up in the place to divert traffic argued that despite the state in which both shots were left, the victims were conscious and lucid at the time of being transferred to the San Roque Hospital. de Gonnet and that of Melchor Romero. Regarding the 4 injured, the sources specified that both vehicles were driven by men and that women were traveling as companions.
Meanwhile, in the early hours of the morning, there was a crash and rollover at the corner of 65 and 28. According to the official report, a Fiat Siena model car, a Chrysler Cruiser model truck and a brand vehicle were involved in the accident. Honda Fit model.
Although the causes of the accident are the subject of investigation, it was learned that the Fiat, which at the time of the accident was driven by a 50-year-old taxi driver, hit the other vehicles and then ended up overturning on the asphalt strip.
It should be noted that unlike the crash and rollover that happened last Sunday at diagonal 80 and 118, which ended with a young man dead, this time the driver was unharmed.
