Overview

• The crash occurred on the morning of April 27, 2025, at kilometer 23.5 of the Buenos Aires–La Plata Highway in Quilmes.
• The victim, Emilio Felipe Niz, 47, died at the scene after his Ford Escort was rear-ended by a Ford Fiesta driven by 25-year-old Adrián Ezequiel Ortiz.
• Ortiz, who survived the crash uninjured, was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.79 g/L, violating Buenos Aires Province’s zero-tolerance alcohol policy.
• The impact caused Ortiz's vehicle to catch fire and be completely destroyed, while emergency responders and Aubasa personnel managed the scene.
• The case has been provisionally classified as involuntary manslaughter by the UFI N°22 in Quilmes, with further legal proceedings ongoing.