A fatal traffic accident occurred this morning in the Las Gaviotas de Quintero railway crossingValparaíso Region, where a father and his daughter died.
According to preliminary information, the incident occurred around 2:00 a.m. when – for reasons that are being investigated – the Peugeot 208 vehicle in which the family was traveling from said commune to Viña del Mar, collided with a Fepasa company train.
The prosecutor Carlos Parra He stated that «of the three occupants of the vehicle, unfortunately, the driver and his minor daughter died, resulting in a third passenger, the minor’s mother, with injuries that keep her out of life-threatening«.
The woman was taken to Gustavo Fricke Hospital in Viña del Mar.
Firefighters worked at the scene of the incident and the Public Ministry instructed the Traffic Accident Investigative Section (SIAT) of the Carabineros to carry out the investigative procedures.