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After Wife Says She Offered Mate, Driver Dies in Rollover at Ruta 6 and 215

Prosecutors classified the case as an accidental death with forensic work underway.

Overview

  • The single-vehicle crash occurred Sunday at the intersection of Ruta 6 and Ruta 215 near Olmos, Buenos Aires, where a white Renault Duster overturned off the roadside.
  • Police identified the deceased as Rogelio Omar Medina, 68, a retired member of the Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense who lived in Monte Grande.
  • His wife, Graciela Altamirano, 65, reported she had offered him a mate moments before he lost control, and she exited the vehicle unaided without needing hospital transfer.
  • Firefighters from Bomberos de Abasto and a UPA ambulance responded, and the attending physician certified Medina’s death at the scene.
  • The Fiscalía opened the case as “Muerte por accidente,” requested expert examinations and morgue services, and assigned it to UFI No. 14 under prosecutor Ana Scarpino.