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Pre-Dawn Head-On Crash in Guaymallén Kills Driver, Leaves Another Seriously Hurt

Authorities opened a negligent-homicide investigation to establish the circumstances of the collision.

Overview

  • The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. Friday on Urquiza 2000 in Guaymallén, where a Volkswagen Gol Trend and a Fiat Uno collided head-on.
  • Ariel Gustavo Andía, 47, who was driving the Fiat Uno southbound, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The Gol Trend’s driver, 21-year-old Santiago Jesús Piastrelini, suffered severe injuries and was transported to Hospital Central in serious condition.
  • Police, SEC ambulances, and firefighters from Guaymallén and Godoy Cruz extracted both drivers from the wreckage and verified they were the only occupants.
  • Prosecutors are gathering evidence to determine whether negligence was involved and how the vehicles came to strike each other frontally.