POZO VERDE, BOLÍVAR STATE, VENEZUELA – NOVEMBER 8, 2026 Tragic traffic accident occurred on the road leading to the town of El Pao, near the 7 de Julio sector in the Pozo Verde parish. A collision between a motorcycle and a passenger car claimed the life of one man and left another in critical condition.
The victim was identified as Carlos Antonio Villarroel Castillo, who was traveling on a motorcycle with his passenger, Oswaldo Rafael Idrogo. According to police reports, the motorcycle violently struck the left side of a blue Toyota Sky.
The impact threw both men off the motorcycle and onto the roadway. Carlos Antonio Villarroel Castillo suffered a traumatic amputation of his left leg and several other severe injuries, to which he succumbed at the scene.
His passenger, Oswaldo Rafael Idrogo, was thrown into vegetation alongside the road and sustained serious injuries. Rescue workers provided him with first aid before transporting him to the trauma department of Dr. Raúl Leoni Hospital in Guaiparo, where he remained under medical supervision.
The driver of the car, identified as Wilfredo José Allen Gutiérrez, was detained by police and handed over to the Bolívar State Prosecutor’s Office. The circumstances surrounding the fatal collision remain under investigation.
