Pulga Rodríguez, Colón idol, suffers serious car accident

In the early hours of last Sunday, April 30th, the soccer player from Central Córdoba, Luis Miguel Rodriguez, suffered a traffic accident when traveling from Santiago del Estero to Tucumán. Apparently, the athlete would have lost control of the vehicle and this caused it to overturn in a curve in which he suffered several blows and abrasions.

He was immediately transferred to the Padilla hospital in San Miguel de Tucumán. He is currently in intensive care and under medical observation. As reported by the newspaper ‘La Gaceta de Tucumán’, several drivers found Rodríguez wandering on the road because he had suffered a severe blow to the head.

La salud del “Pulga” Rodriguez. Jorge Valdecantos, director of the hospital where the football player is hospitalized, provides details on the health status of the player. 🗣️🏥⚽https://t.co/E48Aompont

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People close to the soccer player claim that the fall was quite strong and are awaiting the results of the medical tests. Central Córdoba made a statement. “Luis Miguel Rodríguez, a player on the professional squad, had an accident in the neighboring province of Tucumán, at the intersection of roads 157 and 308 in the city of Lamadrid.

El Pulga was transferred to Padilla Hospital in San Miguel de Tucumán, where the first diagnosis was polytrauma and TEC (brain injury). Part of the club’s management is already here to closely monitor the evolution”, pointed out the Argentine team that has a contract with Pulga Rodríguez.

Jorge Valdecantos is the director of the hospital where Pulga Rodríguez is hospitalized and gave details on the state of health of the football player from Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero: “We saw him well, he is evolving well and he is conscious“.

“During the night the vital parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature) were controlled and it was verified that he is evolving well. The truth is that the cranial trauma did not evolve badly, regarding the facial trauma it will need surgery, but not immediately“, he explained.

* Text originally published and translated from the 442 Perfil website.

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