Overview
- A 44-year-old rider died at the scene after his motorcycle struck an Argentine‑plated Mercedes-Benz crossing the rambla at Parada 33 around 2 p.m. Friday.
- Security footage circulating online shows the motorcycle traveling at high speed before the impact, and investigators consider the video central to the case.
- Police reported the Argentine driver's alcohol test was negative.
- By judicial order, the driver was released and must appear before the Maldonado prosecutor's office on Monday.
- Authorities flagged a spike in serious road incidents—about 30 in 48 hours of heavy tourist traffic—while reports differ on the driver's age and TN identified the victim as Néstor Daniel Rodríguez.