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Road Crashes in Mexico and Argentina Leave Casualties as ‘Radioactive’ Box on Panamericana Secured

Investigators shifted to detentions, hazmat handling, forensic checks after the latest crashes.

Una mujer perdió el control de su auto y quedó suspendido sobre un paredón
Impactante: la imagen del vehículo en llamas luego del choque sobre la Autopista Panamerica. 
Accidente entre un autobús de línea regular y una grúa en Meis.

Overview

  • On the Panamericana near Vicente López, a car and a utility vehicle collided, one caught fire, two people were hospitalized, and specialists removed a package labeled radioactive before traffic fully reopened around 10.
  • On the Panamericana’s Escobar branch, driver Gabriel Gutiérrez died after hitting a truck stopped on the shoulder, and prosecutors opened a homicide culposo case against the trucker.
  • A five-vehicle pileup on Ruta 38 was linked to dense roadside smoke, leaving multiple injured and Ilda Rosa Rojas in intensive care, as SAME, firefighters and police worked the scene.
  • In San Luis, a motorcyclist died after striking the rear of a truck and forensic teams conducted examinations to determine the cause of the crash.
  • In Mexico, an 8-year-old struck by a motorcyclist in Atlixco suffered multiple fractures and the rider was detained, while in Torreón a 7-year-old passenger remained in critical condition and the car’s driver was held by the Ministerio Público.