Overview
- The collision occurred around 10:00 on Tuesday at kilometer 373 of National Route 5 between Pehuajó and Francisco Madero.
- Authorities identified the deceased as Sebastián Alberto Peña Cozzarin, 57, a local merchant and owner of the El Uno butcher shop.
- The vehicles involved were a Nissan Frontier 4x4 and a Scania truck hauling propane for Liquigás, and the truck driver from Bahía Blanca was uninjured but in shock.
- Two volunteer fire crews from Francisco Madero secured the site and awaited a specialist firm to handle the hazardous load, keeping the highway closed for more than eight hours.
- UFI No. 8 of Pehuajó, led by prosecutor Pablo Teodoro Schestrom, opened an inquiry into the cause, and no determinations on fault or contributing factors have been released.