12-year-old girl dies after being run over by motorcyclist in Sabanalarga

There is commotion in the municipality of Sabanalarga, Atlántico, over the death of Angie Paulina Barraza, age 12, who was run over by a motorcyclist while on her way to the school where she was in seventh grade.

The case took place last Tuesday, May 3, in the Evaristo Sourdis district, where the minor lived.

Ángel Barraza Muñoz, Angie’s father, told EL HERALDO that the accident happened around 6:15 a.m., as the minor was walking to Fernando Hoyos Ripoll Educational Institution, which is two blocks from her home.

Following the impact, the girl was taken to the Campbell Clinic in Sabanalarga and referred to the Campbell Clinic in Barranquilla due to the severity of the injuries.

“They did all the studies there. The initial diagnosis showed an epidural hematoma. Then they referred her to the Camino Universitario Adelita de Char de Barranquilla because of the need for a pediatric ICU,” said Julieth Padilla Ramos, the victim’s mother.

In the latter care center she was diagnosed with a serious head trauma, for which she had to undergo two operations, one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday.

“Thursday we were told that the girl had a pre-diagnosis of brain death. On Friday they confirmed brain dead and this Saturday, May 7, he died,” the mother said.

About the motorcyclist responsible for Angie’s death, Julieth noted that he is a citizen of foreign nationality and that the community did not allow him to leave at the time of the accident and that he later approached the medical center to which the girl had been transferred. .

The victim’s father assured that the legal action that the family will take against this subject “is already in the hands of lawyers”.

Ángel Barraza also stated that the tragedy could have been prevented by installing speed limiters on the roads near the school, a problem he said had already been exposed to local authorities.

“A disorder has been unleashed because we don’t have an entity controlling that vehicle flow without documentation that we have in Sabanalarga. My daughter was run over by an undocumented motorcyclist,” he added.

He confirmed that in the days leading up to the incident, “reducers had been requested to be installed in that area because of the excessive speed at which the motorcycles passed, but authorities ignored the request.”

In that sense, he added: “We want to draw attention to this issue in Sabanalarga, there are many undocumented people who drive vehicles, they have done and undone them. Today it happened to me, tomorrow you don’t know who else it could happen to. This is disastrous, unlivable.”