Former Colombian soccer player Freddy Rincón misused his seat belt at the time of the traffic accident that caused his death a week ago, the authorities at the head of the investigation reported this Friday.
In a media briefing in Bogotá, forensic expert Jorge Paredes assured that Rincón was not wearing a seat belt. "properly" when colliding with a bus on April 11 in Cali (southwest).
Due to the sudden shake, the ex-soccer player suffered a "sutural hematoma" (hemorrhage in the brain), an injury to the brain stem, and other "traumas and ruptures" that led to his death two days later, at the age of 55, explained the Legal Medicine expert (forensic authority).
"brain turned" inside the skull, Paredes graphed.
Together with deputy prosecutor Martha Mancera, the investigators maintained that the former Real Madrid and Napoli midfielder was wearing the belt around his waist and not across his torso, as indicated by traffic regulations.
They also maintained that Rincón was driving the car despite the fact that the family alleges that the former player was traveling as a co-driver. Before crashing, he ran a red light.
Videos and photographs taken shortly before the accident show Rincón at the wheel and a young woman identified by the prosecution as Manuela, who suffered some injuries, at his side, according to Mancera.
Although the car was hit by the passenger side, Paredes explained that the woman "I was wearing my seat belt very well" Y "that’s why the trauma was minimized". The three passengers in the rear escaped unharmed.
The experts delved into the details of the fateful morning of April 12: the idol of coffee soccer was in a disco, then he visited a restaurant and around 4:15 in the morning he was hit by the bus. They have not yet determined if he was intoxicated.
Rincón, who in 2013 suffered several fractures in another road accident, was part of a golden generation of the Colombian team that qualified for three consecutive World Cups (1990, 1994 and 1998).
His best performance in clubs was reached in Brazil, where he won two São Paulo championships and the same number of Brasileiraos with Palmeiras and Corinthians. With ‘Timão’ he was captain of the squad that won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000.