A cistern truck crashed into several vehicles on the road. The car in which Valencia was going meters later.
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In a traffic accident, which was recorded in the Free and Industrial Zone of Puerto Tejada, on the road that goes to Guachené, in Cauca, Eder Smic Valencia, 16, died, a young footballer who this week would travel to the United States to realize his passage to New York Red Bulls, of the MLS.
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The German Popayán Academy, of which the young man was part, explained that the accident occurred during his vacation in Guachené, where he was a native. “We accompany their family and honor their memory in the AAFP. It will be forever in our hearts,” they added in their message on social networks.
Local authorities indicated that the accident was recorded on the morning of this Sunday, September 7. A cistern truck crashed into several vehicles on the road, in circumstances that are investigated. In the place the death of a person, the footballer, who mobilized in a gray car was reported.
The young man had been part of a microcycle from the Colombia U-16 National Team and, as explained by the journalist Mariano Olsen, would travel to specify his passage to the American team, which ficked him in February, during the Bulls CUP Sub-16, in which he stood out with his skills and a goal.
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For its part, the Cauca League lamented the fact and highlighted the talent of Valencia. “Eder will be remembered not only for his quality as a footballer, but also for the footprint he left in each game and in whom they shared with him his passion for this sport.”
