Overview
- Benicio remains in critical condition at Hospital El Cruce in Florencio Varela after emergency surgery, with provincial health officials confirming brain death.
- The incident occurred at Club Argentino de Quilmes on a multipurpose court after basketball practice when an unanchored handball goal fell.
- Witness accounts say the structure collapsed after someone climbed on it, causing severe head trauma and internal bleeding.
- First responders took the child to Hospital Isidoro Iriarte in cardiorespiratory arrest; he was stabilized and later transferred to the higher-complexity center.
- The club says it is cooperating with investigators and has declared 48 hours of mourning, while the case revives concern following a similar fatal goal collapse in 2023 in Sarandí.