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Mendoza Driver, 82, Put on House Arrest in Fatal Park Collision

Prosecutors move to fortify the case as they prepare a preventive‑detention request.

Overview

  • The accused, María Amelia Albina Molina, was fitted with an electronic ankle monitor and is barred from leaving her home by order of traffic prosecutor Fernando Giunta.
  • She is formally charged with aggravated culpable homicide for allegedly running a red light, in concurrence with aggravated culpable injuries.
  • Investigators say the car struck 13-year-old Fausto Morcos, who died at the scene, and gravely injured his friend Julián Guzzo near Parque General San Martín on Boulogne Sur Mer at J. y M. Clark.
  • Hospital Notti reported a slight improvement in Guzzo’s condition, noting he awoke and remains stable in intensive care with multiple fractures and a reserved prognosis.
  • The evidentiary record includes a judicial reconstruction and acknowledgment of a key adolescent eyewitness who reportedly saw the vehicle run the red light.