Overview
- A violent collision on the Zaña–Cayaltí road left three young people dead when a mototaxi was struck by a miniván and both vehicles overturned.
- The Fiscalía has asked for the detention of the miniván driver in the Zaña–Cayaltí crash as prosecutors and a medico-legal team processed the scene and moved remains to the regional morgue.
- Two people were injured in that collision, including one with a moderate traumatic brain injury and other serious wounds who remains under observation pending transfer to the Hospital Regional Lambayeque.
- Separately, a man who stepped out of his mototaxi on the Pomalca–Tumán road was fatally struck and the motorcyclist involved recorded a positive result on a qualitative alcohol test, prompting standard prosecutorial procedures.
- Local reporting notes claims of poor night-time visibility on the Zaña–Cayaltí road and highlights the broader risk faced by mototaxi users as authorities pursue forensic tests and possible criminal charges.