Overview
- Hospital officials reported slight stabilization in intensive care with inotropic support, no recent blood transfusions, and a plan to remove liver packing at midday if vital signs hold, which could avoid a transfer to Mar del Plata.
- The child was gravely injured in a frontal collision between a Volkswagen Amarok and a UTV on Monday evening in La Frontera and was taken unconscious to the Hospital Municipal de Pinamar.
- Two girls aged 7 and 9 who were in the UTV suffered injuries, including a facial trauma with a maxillary fracture in one case, and adults, including the boy’s father, sustained polytraumas.
- The boy’s mother said neither her son nor his father was driving the UTV and rejected claims they were racing.
- Emergency crews, police, and forensic teams worked the scene as the local judiciary gathers statements to reconstruct the crash, while residents criticize the lack of effective controls on the dunes.