Overview
- A Renault Sandero traveling from south to north lost control around 7:00–7:10 a.m. and struck eucalyptus trees at kilometer 1170 near Mancopa–El Bracho.
- The victims who died at the scene were identified as Olga Estela Morán, Cecilia Vizeta Orrieta, and Luis Leonardo Suárez.
- Driver Lucas Nahuel Orrieta, 20, was taken to the Hospital de El Bracho with serious injuries, and a minor passenger was transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital.
- Police said all five occupants were from Santiago del Estero.
- Officers, firefighters, road crews, and forensic specialists attended the scene, and the precise cause of the crash remains under investigation.