An accident registered within the Olympic Punta Tunnel, on the road that connects the provinces of Asunción and Carhuaz (Áncash), has highlighted a latent risk during the frost season: the formation and fall of ice stalactites from the infrastructure roof.
According to local media, the vehicle involved lost control after detachment of frozen blocks and due to the slippery road by the freezing of the track. The fact did not leave fatal victims, but it did panic among the passengers and lit the alerts between the drivers who travel through this route.
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Sources cited by Latina News pointed out that the tunnel has expanded fissures and that, unlike previous years, it is now reported Water filtration In almost the entire structure. Warned that the ice that forms on the roof can become a solid material of great weightcapable of crossing a windshield in case of impact.
Given this situation, the National Directorate of Transportation has placed preventive signs to alert users. In addition, it is evaluated momentarily a alternate route while the technical state of the tunnel is determined.
Consulted specialists indicated that the cracking of the structure could be one of the causes of the increase in water filtration. A technical report of the competent authority to determine the corrective actions to be followed is expected.
The Olympic tip tunnel is located in the Ancash region and is recognized by its altitude: it is 4,736 meters above sea level, which makes it the tallest tunnel in America and one of the highest in the world. The infrastructure has two lanes and approximate dimensions of 7.5 meters wide by 6.5 meters high.
