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Driver Detained After Pickup Rolls Into Irrigation Canal in Chacras de Coria

Police measured 2.34 g/l, nearly five times Mendoza's legal limit.

Overview

  • A Toyota Hilux overturned into a lateral canal around 5:06 a.m. at Guardia Vieja and Presidente Perón after the driver lost control, according to police.
  • Luján volunteer firefighters rescued the 38-year-old driver and his 29-year-old companion from the vehicle.
  • The passenger was treated by the coordinated emergency service and taken to Hospital Lagomaggiore with polytrauma and alcohol intoxication.
  • The driver was arrested and notified under article 67 bis of Law 9.099 as scientific police processed the scene and the case moved to the contraventional court on duty.
  • Authorities say forensic and accident-reconstruction work continues to establish the mechanics and causes of the rollover.