Overview
- The crash occurred in Cerrillos on Wednesday minutes before 9 p.m. when an 80-year-old driver lost control and the car mounted the sidewalk, striking people gathered outside a business.
- Thirteen people were hurt — nine adults and four minors — and some were treated at the scene while others were taken to hospitals; a baby remains hospitalized at the Hospital Materno Infantil in Salta Capital.
- Security cameras captured the vehicle striking pedestrians and investigators identified the car in footage as a Renault 11, and the vehicle has been seized for forensics.
- The Fiscalía ordered Criminalística to reconstruct the incident, gathered witness statements and reviewed public and private video, and an alcohol test on the driver was negative.
- Officials say the leading hypothesis is a driver medical episode, investigators are also checking whether a prior rear-end collision forced the car onto the sidewalk, and authorities are coordinating victim care and legal protections for the minors as the probe continues.