Overview

• The collision occurred around 2 a.m. at Costanera and Saavedra, where a city sanitation truck hit a utility pickup, struck street infrastructure and toppled a tree.
• The truck came to rest on its side across the right northbound lane, and the east lateral was closed as congestion built through the morning commute.
• Police, traffic and municipal crews worked to clear debris, cut the fallen tree and awaited heavy equipment to right and remove the vehicle.
• Injury reports differ, with a Los Andes update citing three injured occupants from the truck and the pickup’s two occupants unhurt, while Diario Uno reports five people with minor injuries.
• Both drivers underwent breathalyzer testing and results were reported as negative as investigators assess potential signal violation by the pickup.