CARACAS, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A young man died and another person was seriously injured Thursday in a traffic accident on Boyaca Avenue in northern Caracas, after a car lost control and plunged from a height of about 10 meters.
Pablo Palacios, general commander of the Caracas Fire Department, said on X that the accident occurred in the afternoon in the Los Mecedores sector in the west of the Venezuelan capital, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The car left the roadway and fell from the bridge.
Firefighters rushed to the scene to coordinate rescue efforts and pulled the driver out alive, according to Palacios.
Boyaca Avenue, popularly known as the Cota Mil, is one of the main thoroughfares of Caracas. It carries heavy traffic and connects different parts of the capital. ■
