A pregnant woman and the baby she was carrying died in a road accident while traveling in a car that collided with another traveling in the opposite direction on the Vasco-Aragonese highway ( AP-68) as it crossed the municipality of La Rioja. Navarrete. The Government Delegation in La Rioja clarified this Monday that the cause of the accident he was driving alone in his vehiclewhile the deceased, aged 35 and resident of Logroño, was traveling as co-pilot in another, and the driver was injured.
The Civil Guard, according to the Delegation, received a call this Sunday at 9:50 p.m. specifying that A vehicle was traveling in the opposite direction on AP-68on the road towards Zaragoza. At 9:53 p.m., on this road, in Navarrete, an accident was reported, consisting of a head-on collision between two cars and a truck.
After calls from several people regarding the accident, the SOS Rioja emergency service mobilized to The Logroño firefightersCivil Guard, Emergency Resources of the Health Service of La Rioja and Checkpoint AP-68.
Civil Guard road patrols found three people trapped in a vehicle: a pregnant woman in very serious condition and two men seriously injured. Subsequently, it was learned that the woman, who was in an advanced state of pregnancy, and the baby she was carrying had died. All had to be evacuated to the emergency department of San Pedro Hospital.
The Civil Guard is investigating the causes of the accident and The reason this car was traveling in the opposite direction is unknown. of the road for at least ten kilometers in the opposite direction and could have left one of the exits before the scene of the accident passing through Navarrete, located approximately 17 kilometers from Logroño.
