Overview
- The crash occurred Saturday around 4:40 p.m. near Oberá’s El Progreso neighborhood on the Los Helechos–Oberá route.
- Police identified the driver as Andrés P., 36, who lost control of a Chevrolet Corsa Pick Up that rolled over.
- The 8-year-old was pronounced dead at Hospital SAMIC de Oberá with traumatic brain injury, bilateral hemothorax, and a severe liver rupture.
- His 10-year-old brother was stabilized locally and transferred to Hospital de Posadas, where he remains in critical condition.
- Officers confirmed the driver was intoxicated, and after causing disturbances at the hospital he was taken to Comisaría Tercera as judicial procedures move forward.