{"id":5002,"date":"2026-04-19T02:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:56:56","slug":"tres-muertos-en-siniestros-de-transito-en-quito-y-la-troncal-este-sabado-18-de-abril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/tres-muertos-en-siniestros-de-transito-en-quito-y-la-troncal-este-sabado-18-de-abril\/","title":{"rendered":"Tres muertos en siniestros de tr\u00e1nsito en Quito y La Troncal, este s\u00e1bado 18 de abril"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La ma\u00f1ana de este\u00a0<strong>s\u00e1bado 18 de abril<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ecuador\u00a0<\/strong>amaneci\u00f3 con al menos\u00a0<strong>dos siniestros de tr\u00e1nsito fatales en distintos puntos del pa\u00eds<\/strong>. Los accidentes con\u00a0<strong>v\u00edctimas mortales<\/strong>\u00a0se han vuelto recurrentes en el pa\u00eds, al punto de que Ecuador figura entre los<strong>\u00a020 pa\u00edses con mayor tasa de siniestralidad vial.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El primero de los siniestros ocurri\u00f3 en\u00a0<strong>Quito<\/strong>, en el sector de\u00a0<strong>Pifo<\/strong>, en la v\u00eda\u00a0<strong>Papallacta-Pifo<\/strong>, donde personal del\u00a0<strong>Cuerpo de Bomberos<\/strong>\u00a0confirm\u00f3 el volcamiento de un\u00a0<strong>cami\u00f3n\u00a0<\/strong>pesado que transportaba paletas de madera.<\/p>\n<p>El veh\u00edculo perdi\u00f3 pista, choc\u00f3 contra varios\u00a0<strong>postes de luz\u00a0<\/strong>y se volc\u00f3 aproximadamente cincuenta metros m\u00e1s adelante. El Ej\u00e9rcito ecuatoriano confirm\u00f3 que en el siniestro se encontraban dos miembros de la instituci\u00f3n.\u00a0<strong>El cabo segundo Henry Unaucho Guala y el soldado Sandro Paredes Quevedo<\/strong>, quienes fallecieron en el lugar.<\/p>\n<p>Adicionalmente, se conoce de una persona herida, pero cuya condici\u00f3n de salud se mantiene en reserva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Ej\u00e9rcito lamenta profundamente estas p\u00e9rdidas y expresa su m\u00e1s sentido p\u00e9same a los familiares. Reitera que se est\u00e1 brindando todo el apoyo y asistencia necesarios. Asimismo, se colabora para determinar las circunstancias que ocasionaron este suceso\u201d, se\u00f1al\u00f3 la instituci\u00f3n en un comunicado.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque la v\u00eda ya fue habilitada, varios\u00a0<strong>postes\u00a0<\/strong>de\u00a0<strong>luz\u00a0<\/strong>quedaron destruidos, por lo que el sector permaneci\u00f3 sin servicio el\u00e9ctrico durante varias horas. Personal de la\u00a0<strong>Empresa El\u00e9ctrica<\/strong>\u00a0acudi\u00f3 al sitio para reparar los da\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Choque entre bus y camioneta en Ca\u00f1ar<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Media hora antes, en el cant\u00f3n\u00a0<strong>La Troncal<\/strong>, provincia del Ca\u00f1ar, otro siniestro de tr\u00e1nsito causado por un choque directo entre un bus y una camioneta dej\u00f3 una persona fallecida y otra herida con pron\u00f3stico reservado, a la altura de la gasolinera de\u00a0<strong>Manuel J. Calle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La coordinaci\u00f3n zonal del\u00a0<strong>ECU 911\u00a0<\/strong>inform\u00f3 del hecho. Al llegar al lugar, se vio que el\u00a0<strong>bus\u00a0<\/strong>habr\u00eda perdido pista, impact\u00f3 de frente contra una\u00a0<strong>camioneta\u00a0<\/strong>de color\u00a0<strong>morado\u00a0<\/strong>y posteriormente resbal\u00f3 hacia plantaciones de\u00a0<strong>banano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"banner-context\">\n<div id=\"article_desktop_block_3\" class=\"bannersaas banner-desktop\" data-google-query-id=\"CLCt5c_Y-JMDFfKRgwgdyo8r9A\">\n<p>Seg\u00fan las\u00a0<strong>fotograf\u00edas\u00a0<\/strong>difundidas por las autoridades, el\u00a0<strong>veh\u00edculo\u00a0<\/strong>liviano qued\u00f3 completamente\u00a0<strong>destruido<\/strong>, mientras que una media parte del bus termin\u00f3\u00a0<strong>hundido<\/strong>\u00a0entre la maleza de la plantaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La ma\u00f1ana de este\u00a0s\u00e1bado 18 de abril,\u00a0Ecuador\u00a0amaneci\u00f3 con al menos\u00a0dos siniestros de tr\u00e1nsito fatales en distintos puntos del<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecuador"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180.webp",1200,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-300x169.webp",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-768x432.webp",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-1024x576.webp",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180.webp",1200,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180.webp",1200,675,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-1024x576.webp",1024,576,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-825x575.webp",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180-590x410.webp",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Machala 247","author_link":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/author\/danielmorocho\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/category\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a>","tag_info":"Ecuador","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hgl-_e1xwaancy7.jpg_965539180.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgQ5hh-1iG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machala247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}