Overview
- Leandro Quiroz, who was in a motorcycle crash on July 16, remains hospitalized in a coma with multiple severe injuries to his skull, brain, neck and one lung.
- Doctors have reported neurological deterioration, surgeons performed a tracheotomy, and family members say pupils dilated in recent checks indicating increased brain swelling.
- His mother and a sister are in Brazil with him while sister Clara coordinates treatment and a public collection from Argentina using Banco Provincia and Mercado Pago aliases.
- The family suspects a second vehicle struck Quiroz and fled and they are seeking security footage and witnesses but local authorities have not confirmed that version or released investigative details.
- Quiroz had lived in Florianópolis for seven years and planned to return to Mar del Plata in August, and the case highlights the financial, legal and logistical strains families face when a relative is critically injured abroad.