Overview
- The Hilux driver, identified as Jorge Velandi, died Monday at Hospital Español, raising the confirmed death toll from the Ruta 3 crash near Bahía Blanca to three.
- A Toyota Hilux sideswiped a Renault Sandero at kilometer 706 before overturning, killing Nancy and Miriam Louvecez at the scene and seriously injuring two other occupants.
- Unidad Fiscal de Investigaciones Judiciales Nº 1 is leading the formal probe into the causes and responsibilities of the Ruta 3 collision.
- In Entre Ríos, a 10-year-old boy riding a bicycle was fatally struck on Ruta 18 and the 69-year-old driver remains detained on charges of aggravated culpable homicide.
- Spanish traffic authorities reported at least 19 injuries in separate crashes on the AP-7 in Castellón, EX-A1 near Coria, A-5 at Mérida and A-62 at Dueñas, with several minors treated on scene or hospitalized.