If I had been inside, I could have died.
A candy delivery truck (APE-853) experienced brake failure on Avenida Los Fresnos, sliding downhill and striking seven parked vehicles in the upscale La Molina district. Two people were injured in the collision, including a minor transported to a nearby clinic; one vehicle was completely destroyed while others sustained significant damage.
- Truck with license plate APE-853 lost brakes on Avenida Los Fresnos in La Molina
- Collision involved seven parked vehicles on Saturday afternoon
- Two people injured, including a minor transported to a clinic
- Four fire trucks and two ambulances responded to the scene
A delivery truck lost brakes in La Molina, Lima, colliding with seven vehicles and injuring at least two people, including a minor who required emergency medical attention.
A delivery truck carrying candy lost its brakes on a sloped street in La Molina on Saturday afternoon, careening downhill and plowing into seven parked vehicles before coming to rest. The truck, bearing license plate APE-853, had been traveling down Avenida Los Fresnos when its brake system failed near the Los Cóndores traffic circle. What followed was a cascade of destruction: the vehicle tore through the street, snapping trees and reducing at least one Nissan sedan to scrap metal as it descended the grade.
Two people were hurt in the collision. Among them was a child who was rushed by ambulance to a nearby clinic for emergency treatment. The other injured person's condition was not immediately detailed in initial reports. The impact happened in the afternoon, in a neighborhood where residents typically park their cars along the street, leaving them vulnerable to exactly this kind of sudden, uncontrollable impact.
Daniel, who owned one of the vehicles struck, described the moment with the clarity of someone who had narrowly escaped tragedy. He was standing near his car when he saw the truck begin to slide toward him. He ran for the sidewalk just as the vehicle struck his Nissan. "If I had been inside," he said later, "I could have died." His quick decision to step away from his vehicle likely saved his life.
Emergency responders arrived quickly. Four fire trucks and two ambulances were dispatched to the scene, where firefighters worked to extract the injured and assess the damage across the seven vehicles involved. The scale of the collision was evident in the wreckage: multiple cars damaged, trees uprooted, and the street itself marked by the path of the runaway truck.
Police officers took the truck driver into custody and transported him to the La Molina police station. He was to undergo the standard battery of tests required in accident investigations—examinations designed to establish what went wrong with the vehicle and whether any negligence on the driver's part had contributed to the brake failure. The investigation would determine whether the truck had been properly maintained, whether the driver had noticed warning signs before the brakes gave out, and ultimately who would bear responsibility for the damage and injuries.
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I was near my vehicle when I saw the truck start to slide toward my car, so I ran to the sidewalk. If I had been inside, I could have died.— Daniel, owner of a damaged vehicle
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Why does a truck lose its brakes like that? Is it just bad maintenance?
It could be. A truck carrying cargo down a slope puts enormous stress on the braking system. If the brakes weren't serviced properly, or if there was a leak in the hydraulic lines, the system can fail completely. But that's what the police tests will try to figure out.
The driver—was he speeding, or did he just lose control?
The source doesn't say he was speeding. It sounds like the brakes simply gave out. Once they're gone on a slope, you have almost no way to stop. The driver becomes a passenger.
That man Daniel—he was incredibly lucky.
He was. He heard or saw something that made him step away from his car in those final seconds. If he'd been sitting inside, the impact would have been catastrophic. That's the kind of moment that changes a life.
What about the child who was injured?
A minor was in one of the parked cars when the truck hit. They were transported to a clinic, but the reports don't say how serious the injuries were. That's the part that haunts you—a child in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Will the driver face charges?
That depends on what the investigation finds. If the truck wasn't maintained properly and that was his responsibility, yes. If it was a mechanical defect the company should have caught, that's different. The tests will tell.