CYCLIST ÁLVARO FERNANDO RIZO ROMERO DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A TRUCK ON TUESDAY MORNING, THE DAY HE WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY
The incident occurred 25 yards south of the Centennial Monument, on kilometer 148 of the Pan-North American Highway, in the José Santos Zelaya neighborhood of Estelí. Rizo Romero, from the town of Rosita in the Mining Triangle of the Northern Caribbean, was struck by a truck with license plate number NS 12035 carrying 16,000 cubic feet of wood. The truck was driven by Rosman Francisco Ortez Suárez, 45, who, due to several other vehicles on the road, was not seen by the cyclist as he entered the busy highway. According to the truck driver, he was traveling north-south at moderate speed and did not see the cyclist. When he felt the impact, he braked, but it was too late. 𝘚𝘊𝘙𝘖𝘓𝘓 𝘋𝘖𝘞𝘕 𝘛𝘖 𝘞𝘈𝘛𝘊𝘏 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘓𝘓 𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙍: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚/𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚...