A worker suffered the amputation of his left arm, after being trapped in a garbage truck in the Salamanca district. The 23-year-old man was doing cleaning work when the accident occurred, which keeps him in serious condition at the Illapel Hospital.
A man suffered the amputation of one of his arms after an accident in a garbage truck in Salamanca, Coquimbo region.
The accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when the 23-year-old worker was cleaning and decorating on 21 de Mayo street in the town of Coirón .
According to the police report, his left extremity was trapped in the press of the truck, for which he suffered an amputation at the height of the forearm and was transferred to the Salamanca Hospital.
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Later, the wounded man was taken to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Illapel, where he is in serious condition, but not life-threatening.