Overview
- Peru’s Police and prosecutors confirmed three deaths and at least 37 injured after a Rayo Dorado interprovincial bus overturned near Chisicata in Espinar, with witnesses reporting the driver fled as investigators examine speed and fatigue.
- On Argentina’s Route 7 near Potrerillos, a head‑on collision set two trucks ablaze, killing both drivers—identified as Chilean Andrés Astudillo González and Argentine Fernando Sebastián Heredia—while four occupants of a Renault Megane, including an 8‑year‑old, sustained non‑fatal injuries and traffic was rerouted.
- In Spain, two people died and two were hospitalized when a car collided with a truck and caught fire on the A‑601 at Encinillas, prompting a multi‑agency response and psychological support for the truck driver.
- Argentine prosecutors advanced urban cases: in Azul, the death of motorcyclist Diego Maximiliano Marianache was reclassified to alleged ‘homicidio simple con dolo eventual’; in Lanús, a driver accused of lesiones culposas was confirmed to be driving in flip‑flops; in Santa Fe, a police pursuit ended with a motorcyclist’s death classified as muerte en accidente de tránsito.
- Additional crashes under review include a fatal hit‑and‑run of a woman in La Ruana, Mexico, and a deadly car‑trailer collision on Peru’s Panamericana Sur near Camaná, with authorities securing scenes, identifying victims and pursuing drivers reported to have fled.