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The Untold Story Behind Pablo Carrizo’s Fatal Journey to Colombia

From El Tiempo · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentine consultant Pablo Carrizo died after his vehicle left the road and struck a tree near Montería in Colombia’s Córdoba department.
  • A close friend said rescue services and an ambulance took about three hours to reach the crash site, and Carrizo had no vital signs by the time he arrived at a hospital.
  • Carrizo had been working in Medellín and was traveling discreetly to Cartagena to reunite with his daughter when the crash occurred.

Pablo Carrizo, an Argentine consultant regarded as a pioneer in Colombia’s cocktail and bar industry, was traveling from Medellín to Cartagena to see his daughter when his journey ended in a fatal crash.

Carrizo had been staying at the Sites hotel in Medellín while providing technical advice to the property. On Aug. 18, he set out quietly for Cartagena, according to people close to him. Few in his inner circle knew the precise details of his route because he had not widely shared them.

He was driving a gray Nissan X-Trail. A close friend said that during the early-morning hours, while Carrizo was traveling near Montería in the department of Córdoba, the vehicle lost control, left the road and struck a tree. The crash severely damaged the vehicle and left him trapped and critically injured inside.

The friend said rescuers and an ambulance took about three hours to arrive. When medical personnel finally transported Carrizo to the nearest healthcare center in Montería, he had no vital signs and was pronounced dead before entering the emergency department.

Montería’s mayor later clarified on social media that the incident occurred on Aug. 19 on the Caucasia to Planeta Rica road, in the municipality of Buenavista, Córdoba. The mayor said the vehicle had apparently left the road and collided with an object. The article describes the crash and the delay in emergency assistance as the decisive events in Carrizo’s final hours.

Regarding the information circulating about the death of an Argentine citizen, we want to clarify what happened. It was a traffic accident recorded on Aug. 19 on the Caucasia to Planeta Rica road, in the municipality of Buenavista, Córdoba.

· Montería mayorThe mayor clarified the location and circumstances of the fatal crash.
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Originally published by El Tiempo in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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