Overview
- The 1960s Mercedes‑Benz 230 SL lost its left rear wheel around 9:30 a.m. Saturday at km 23 near Camino del Buen Ayre, stopping in the fast lane before a Peugeot 408 struck it and a Renault Sandero made secondary contact.
- Authorities reported no fatalities; the only injury was the Peugeot passenger, who sustained minor injuries and was taken to Hospital de Boulogne.
- The owner said in a viral audio that he had just retrieved the car after years of restoration and that the wheel loosened and came off as he was preparing to drive to Punta del Este.
- Marroco Classic Cars, named by the owner, publicly denied responsibility, saying it only repaired the injection system a month earlier, warned of multiple faults, and did not work on the wheel assembly.
- Investigators are conducting peritajes on a preliminary hypothesis of a poorly tightened nut, while videos of the crash circulated widely and specialists say the classic suffered effectively irreparable structural damage.