Overview
- A 37-year-old driver crashed at the Rotonda del Cóndor in Guaymallén early Sunday, tore off the front-left wheel after striking a guardrail and concrete separator, suffered minor injuries on site, and recorded a blood-alcohol level of 1.20 g/L.
- On Ruta Provincial 33 between Chicoana and El Carril, Domingo Orlando Flores, 60, was critically injured in a collision between a Fiat Uno and a Volkswagen Amarok, was rescued by firefighters, later died at hospital, and the Amarok driver tested positive for alcohol with an unconfirmed report of 1.97 g/L cited in some accounts.
- A separate crash in Salta city around 10:40 a.m. involved a motorcycle and a truck and left an approximately 70-year-old motorcyclist dead while police and forensic teams processed the scene.
- Emergency services from SEC, volunteer firefighters and Grupo Técnico de Criminalística worked at each site to assist victims, document evidence and incorporate blood-alcohol results into the official files.
- Authorities in Mendoza began a contravencional administrative procedure and prosecutors in Salta opened criminal peritajes that may lead to charges if investigations confirm impaired driving as a cause, and officials warn that the reported alcohol levels exceed legal limits and increase crash risk.