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Deadly Road Crashes Across Argentina, Spain and Mexico Prompt Closures and Arrests

Authorities opened probes after emergency rescues, detentions and significant traffic disruptions on major routes.

Overview

  • In Malargüe, Mendoza, a Toyota Hilux collided with a Fiat Palio on Route 40, leaving a woman and a girl dead and two others hospitalized, with the Palio driver’s alcohol test reported negative by provincial authorities.
  • Spain reported two major truck incidents: a rollover on the A-5 near Trujillo that injured two people and required firefighter rescues, and a two‑truck collision on the A-62 in Salamanca that fully closed the roadway toward Burgos with a detour via the N‑620.
  • On the MatamorosReynosa highway in Tamaulipas, four people, including a girl, died in a multi‑vehicle crash after a pickup allegedly crossed into oncoming traffic, and the suspected driver was detained for prosecutorial review.
  • In Ensenada, Baja California, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a passenger bus whose driver fled before being located in Tecate and taken to the municipal prosecutor, while in Puebla’s Temoxtitla a motorcycle‑pedestrian chain collision killed three women and led to the rider’s referral to the Public Ministry.
  • On Michoacán’s Autopista Siglo XXI, a head‑on collision between a car and a pickup left one person dead and three injured, with the roadway closed for forensic work by the regional prosecutor’s office.