Truck driver charged with culpable homicide of three workers

 
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The 21-year-old driver of the truck  that killed three workers and injured another three on Via Centenario on December 18 has been charged with culpable homicide and will be in preventive detention when he leaves hospital.

On Thursday  in the auditorium of Nicolás A. Solano Hospital in La Chorrera, the judge of Guarantees Xavier Flores legalized the arrest and laid  charges  to the driver of the truck that collided with a vehicle where workers were collecting ones on the highway.

The judge also admitted the prosecutor's request for the precautionary measure of provisional detention for six months during the investigations.

The hearing was held in the hospital because of the condition of the driver who is still being treated for injuries.