Overview
- In the Cusco region early on Saturday a minivan struck a stationary trailer on the Cusco–Arequipa road near Pulpera, with official reports citing between nine and 13 deaths and multiple injured while police detained the trailer driver.
- In Guaymallén, Mendoza two SUVs — a Jeep and a Nissan Kicks — broke through a metal guardrail on the Acceso Este viaduct, fell more than three meters, and left one man dead and several people hurt including two children; judicial authorities ordered the arrest of one driver.
- In San Carlos de Bariloche a family car skidded on ice on Avenida Bustillo and plunged down a more than 20‑meter ravine into Nahuel Huapi, killing a three‑year‑old girl and hospitalizing her parents for trauma and hypothermia as prosecutors led the scene recovery.
- Emergency crews in all three incidents conducted rescue and medical evacuations while investigators began peritajes that include security‑camera reviews, skid‑mark analysis, toxicology and alcohol tests, and inspections of vehicle and infrastructure condition.
- Authorities have highlighted factors under study that could have worsened outcomes — icy winter roads in Patagonia, a parked trailer on a highway and recent repair works or damage to the Mendoza viaduct — and the probes could trigger stricter inspections, charges or infrastructure fixes.