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Boy, 8, Stable After Pinamar UTV Crash as Investigation Proceeds and Separate Rollover Raises Safety Concerns

The hospital reports a clinically stable course in intensive care with inotropic support after two surgeries, with transfer to a pediatric referral center still not feasible.

Overview

  • The case is classified as negligent injury and both the UTV and the Volkswagen Amarok are preserved for forensic tests to establish how the frontal collision occurred.
  • Officials say the child remains under close monitoring in the ICU after procedures to control intra‑abdominal bleeding and a hepatic injury, with daily labs guiding care.
  • Relatives issued a public call for blood donors of any type at the Pinamar hospital, and community members have responded throughout Wednesday.
  • Other victims include two girls aged 7 and 9, one with a facial trauma and maxillary fracture transferred to Mar del Plata, and a 30‑year‑old man with facial injuries.
  • Hours later, a UTV rollover in nearby Costa Esmeralda left a man hospitalized with a hip fracture, intensifying expert calls for tighter controls in the médanos described as highly dangerous.