A candidate for the position of municipal councilor in the town of Sastre, in Santa Fe, died this Wednesday evening in a road accident that occurred in Canada by Gomez. Gabriel Manuello59 years old, was part of the UCR and was head of the constituency party list »Together, quarter forty», who will compete this Sunday in the elections for three seats on the local deliberative council.

The tragic episode occurred a few minutes before 8 p.m. at the southern access, which connects the capital of the department of Iriondo to the Rosario-Córdoba highway. The white Renault Kangoo driven by Manuello He got lost, made several turns and ended up 40 meters inside a property. located in the region. The corridor is on a ninety degree curve.

Although the cause of the accident is still under investigation, it is believed that the vehicle continued on its way after reaching the first curve while heading south to north, from the highway towards the city. After making several rounds, he caught fire.

Police officers from the emergency medical service, firefighters and agents from the Civil Protection and Urban Guard arrived at the site, known as the “old Peralta fair”, to carry out the required actions.

According to the newspaper The capital, the official report submitted by the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Cañada de Gómez indicates that the call to the fire station for help took place at 7:55 p.m. It was a neighbor who reported that a vehicle was on fire at the intersection of Pringles and Castelli and that a person was lying on the ground.

Within seconds, a team reached the scene and extinguished the fire. The police doctor did the same and confirmed that the driver of the white Renault Kangoo had died.

Until then it was not known that the victim was Manuello, who, in addition to being a candidate in the upcoming elections, was also a well-known dentist in the city.

From Sastre UCR They released a statement on social media, lamenting “the sad loss” of Manuello, “a resident of the city and current candidate for councilor of Juntos Vecinal 40.” There they also sent a message of support “in this difficult time” to “family, friends and colleagues on the list”.

In a brief profile he wrote Journal one It is said that Gabriel Manuello was dentist and had accompanied the current councilor and candidate for mayor Leandro Baravalle when he was elected the country’s youngest councilor in August 2017.

Later, due to differences between the two, Manuello left the PRO political group and, this year, he led the movement to form the district party that finally proposed him as the first candidate for municipal councilor, in from one of the four lists activated in Sastre for the vote. elections, Sunday.

“His last public appearance took place this Tuesday, when he participated in the debate organized by the local channel. STV Channel 4 in which he developed his electoral platform if elected councilor. In the last elections he was placed in fourth place out of a total of six lists proposing candidates for the Council and he now hopes to add the votes of the two who did not reach the floor to go to the general elections, in order to to be obtained one of the three seats in dispute”, indicates Journal one.

According to the same media, this Sunday, the photo of the deceased candidate will appear on the ballot papers for the provincial general elections. “All the materials necessary for the elections in the department of San Martín were collected by mail last Tuesday and are already part of the official operation that will transport the ballot boxes, lists and accessories to carry out the electoral day next Sunday,” he said. explained the secretary. of the Electoral Court, Pablo Ayala.