A large trunk acacia slowed down the weighing three tonnes A vehicle that continued to roll on Loukianou Street and after stuck to tree, passed violently between table seats dragging chairs and people and stopped on the wall of the restaurant.
The documentary video From a security camera he records the event that “as a miracle did not cause losses”. THE 35 -year -old A colleague of the store that received the keys by the owner to better park the vehicle, admitted that he made a mistake. He did not put the gearbox in the parking lot, nor did he hit the leg. Thus, the vehicle was not secured and rolled downhill, as soon as the 35 -year -old got off it. He tried to stop it with his hands, but it was impossible.
The worst was avoided by eyewitnesses who were outdoors, shortly after midnight in the Pillar. “We would be dead,” they said earlier and injured. Overall Twelve wounded were transferred to the CAT where the six. Between them 46 -year -old who was introduced into ICU with multiple fractures.
More specifically
- A 44 -year -old woman was admitted to the University Clinic due to wounds.
- A 47 -year -old was admitted to the First Surgery for hemodynamic monitoring.
- A 31 -year -old woman was admitted to the University Clinic with a hammer fracture and a quadriceps rupture.
- A 48 -year -old woman was admitted to the 1st Surgery for a spleen rupture and had to be operated on.
- And a 25 -year -old man was admitted to the University Clinic with wounds
“The car started to sneeze. We heard a deafening noise and someone shouted “car”. I was already on the ground with a lot of blood. ” She described panic scenes: “I felt that the car was coming above us. I crawled to get away. Saved us the tree found in the course of“, He said injuredwho spoke to ERTnews’ camera and Vangelis Band, immediately after her hospitalization at CAT Hospital. “I have a fracture in my hand, on the sides, and stitches on my head – but I’m fine,” he said, thanking the medical staff.
What happened -what the 35 -year -old claimed
The 42 -year -old owner of the vehicle and the 35 -year -old partner They were led to deposit in the Athens Traffic Police.
The 35 -year -old was arrested for causing physical injury by negligence and violations of the CMC and, by order of a prosecutor, was released.
As the 35 -year -old, the owner of the car -who had gone to the restaurant -said in his testimony – parked his vehicle in the location of the area And left the keys to the store, so when it was allowed to move it from the point so that it would not prevent it.
Indeed, after a while the 35 -year -old moved it to Loukianou Streetbut did not insure it sufficientlyso that the car starts rolling down the downhill road.
The 35 -year -old frightened tried to stop with hands Outside the SUV, but it was impossible to contain the heavy vehicle, which passed the Patriarch Ioakim Street verticallythrew a tree and swept the restaurant tables, injuring the store’s customers.