June 18, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.A tragedy happened this Sunday, June 18, on the road to the Coast, at the height of the Belo Horizonte urbanization. A grandfather and his two grandchildren were killed by a driver driving a wine-colored car while waiting for a bike shop to open.

The preliminary report is as follows: " They were waiting to receive the bicycles, they were sitting down, so it happened that they were run over, run over, projected and smashed against the wall to end up overturned, " said José Rivas, uniformed with the police. Traffic and Mobility Agency (ATM) to the media present.

The accident occurred in the Playas-Guayaquil direction at kilometer 10.5 of the road to the coast. The bodies were left a few meters away, one from the other,

In addition, the authorities indicated that the accident occurred as a result of a friction and loss of lane, which caused the family members to be run over.

The driver of the vehicle tried to flee but was apprehended by an ATM agent who was near the scene. He has already been transferred to the Prosecutor's Office. It is unofficially known that the driver was drunk.

Source : https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/noticias/2023/06/18/tragedia-un-abuelo-con-sus-dos-nietos-murieron-atropellados-en-la-via-a-la-costa/