Mideplan Minister discharged from hospital after car crash in Providencia

SANTIAGO.- Minister of Planning Paula Quintana, her Chief of Cabinet, Carolina Martínez, and the chauffer of a vehicle they were travelling in, Rafael Silva, received only minor injuries after being involved in a traffic accident this morning at the intersection of Eliodoro Yáñez and Hernando de Aguirre, in the Municipality of Providencia.

Heeding the suggestion of the doctors that treated her, the secretary of state was taken to her home to rest.

According to reports issued in a brief memo from the Ministry she heads, Quintana underwent several medical exams at the Hospital del Trabajador.

For now, the exact causes of the accident remain unknown since, according to the drivers of the vehicles involved in the crash, both crossed the intersection with green lights.

Police say the crash took place at 7:20 AM, when the Hyundai Azera the minister was travelling in collided with a Hyundai Accent being driven by Yael Klein.