Co-driver Bárbara Gómez dies in an accident at the Valle de Laciana Rally

Bárbara Gómez, a 29-year-old female co-driver, died yesterday Saturday after suffering an accident in Caboalles de Abajo, in the Leonese municipality of Villablino, when she was participating in the II Valle de Laciana Rally as a co-driver, according to the 112 emergency service of Castilla y Lion.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
02 September 2023 Saturday 16:30
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Co-driver Bárbara Gómez dies in an accident at the Valle de Laciana Rally

Bárbara Gómez, a 29-year-old female co-driver, died yesterday Saturday after suffering an accident in Caboalles de Abajo, in the Leonese municipality of Villablino, when she was participating in the II Valle de Laciana Rally as a co-driver, according to the 112 emergency service of Castilla y Lion.

Sources from the organization of the test, which was suspended, confirmed that the deceased is the Galician Bárbara Gómez Oubel, a native of Rianxo although she has lived for years in Boiro, both towns in the province of A Coruña.

The operations room of 112 Castilla y León received a call shortly after two in the afternoon that a car that was participating in the aforementioned sports rally had left the road and had crashed into the pillar of the finish line. at kilometer 6 of the CL-626 highway. As a result of the impact, the two people occupying the vehicle were injured, and they were also unable to leave it on their own.

The emergency center activated the Civil Guard of León, the Ponferrada Fire Brigade - who in turn notified the Villablino park, which depends on the Provincial Council - and the Emergency Coordination Center (CCU) of Sanitary Emergencies-Sacyl, which sent a Mobile UVI, a basic life support ambulance and Primary Care health personnel from the Villablino health center.

At the scene, the Sacyl health personnel confirmed the death of one of the injured people, a 29-year-old woman, and treated a man of the same age, who was later transferred to the hospital in the mobile UVI of Health Emergencies. from Bierzo de Ponferrada (León).