Unrest in La Coruña. A man died this Saturday in Census hit by a regional train a few hours after being himself involved in another accident when he ran over a colleague who was helping him on his farm with a tractor.
At noon, shortly before 1 p.m., the first of the accidents occurred, when a man was hit by a tractor on a farm in the village of Vilar, in the parish of Cruces de Padrón. Apparently, the victim had helped the perpetrator of the incident, which indicates that it was due to accidental causes when both were picking grass in the field.
After a call for help, 112 sent personnel from the Health Emergencies-061, the GES of Padrón, the Civil Guard and the Local Police. At first, the man was evacuated by helicopter medicalized in a hospital in Santiago, where a few hours later he remained admitted but out of danger.
Fatal collision three hours later
A few hours later, around 4:30 p.m., the municipality suffered another fatal road accident. In this case, a regional train that was traveling between Vigo-Guixar and A Coruña hit a car whose driver, A 73-year-old neighbor died instantly. The victim, who lived in Cruces, turned out to be the driver of the tractor that had had the accident a few hours earlier on his farm.
The investigation into the accident, which occurred between the A Escravitude and Padrón stations, remains open, but it is known that the victim crossed the tracks through an unauthorized passage area. The circulation of trains between Vilagarcía and Santiago de Compostela It was temporarily interrupted by the event but was able to be restored thanks to convoy diversions. The situation returned to normal after 8 p.m.
The inhabitants of Vilar deplored yesterday that it was a “black day“According to ‘La Voz de Galicia’, the man had been missing since the first accident, although he was being sought. Many believe that the man must have thought that the victim of the accidental collision with the tractor was more serious.
