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.
Read Also
- Leaders assure that the line of stopped trucks reaches 18 kilometers at the La Calera intersection Nov 24, 2022
- Marriages go down, ‘free union’ prevails in Altamira Sep 14, 2021
- The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey returns to cause a furor for illustration with the animated Ariel | EarthGamer Jun 29, 2021
- Víctor López and Rodolfo Hernández did work together, according to the strategist and a campaign statement Jun 4, 2022
- “Do not touch my post”: A program that mainly affects older viewers Nov 25, 2022
- Eternal life: Jeff Bezos invests in a startup investigating how to stop aging Sep 13, 2021
- Childhood precariousness: The MaMaMa association in open conflict with the city of Saint-Denis Nov 16, 2022
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.