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Photos capture devastation after Chile truck explosion kills at least 4, damages at least 50 vehicles
A truck carrying liquid gas reportedly overturned and exploded in Santiago, Chile, killing four and damaging at least 50 vehicles in the area, officials said.
An explosion of a gas truck on Thursday killed at least four people and injured 15 people in Santiago, authorities said.
By Cristopher Ulloa, CNN en Español. A truck carrying liquid gas in the Renca district of Santiago, Chile, lost control and crashed into the guardrails of the road it was traveling on, damaging seven cars and killing at least four people. “As a result of a car accident, a truck exploded, and we have confirmed the death toll at four so far,” said Chilean President Gabriel Boric at a press conference from Rapa Nui, where he is on an official visit.
The driver of the Gasco truck is one of the fatal victims of the tragedy that occurred after the tipping and explosion of the vehicle in Renca.The Prosecutor's Office Centro Norte investigates the alleged responsibility of the driver in the events that occurred at about 8 a.m. this Thursday in the section of General Velásquez of the Central Highway to the south, at the height of kilometre 8.4, in the sector of Camino Lo Ruiz. “The hypothesis of …
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