Overview
- Peru’s COER said at least five people died and one was injured when a colectivo plunged into an abyss in Otuzco, with SAMU, police and brigades recovering victims and probing whether a curve and road state contributed.
- In Spain, a 58-year-old motorcyclist died in a multi-vehicle crash on Vigo’s PO‑552 that left six more injured, and a 34-year-old rider was killed in a collision on the B‑40z in La Roca del Vallès, as Catalonia counts 36 motorcyclist deaths this year.
- A 72-year-old woman died after a crash on the N‑340 in La Riera de Gaià, and Mossos d'Esquadra detained the other driver on suspicion of negligent homicide and driving under the influence after he refused breath testing.
- In Argentina, 83-year-old producer Víctor Juan Funes was found run over by his own pickup in Vicuña Mackenna, with the fiscal ordering Policía Científica peritajes and the case classified as a death of doubtful etiology pending necropsy results.
- Mexico’s Autopista Siglo XXI saw multiple rollovers and crashes during rainy conditions with mostly minor injuries as Auxilio Vial and the Guardia Nacional conducted peritajes, and in Spain a police pursuit in Fuenlabrada ended with three men injured and an investigation.