Overview
- Emergency crews say five friends stopped at the roadside to change a flat on a Renault 9 when a Ford Ranger hit the car and those standing beside it on Saturday night, killing three instantly and injuring two.
- Authorities identified the dead as brothers Franco Colman, 26, and Agustín Colman, 29, from Estación Díaz, and their friend Luis Suárez from Barrancas.
- Police have formally imputed the pickup driver for homicidio triplemente agravado and opened an investigation into whether the vehicle was traveling at excessive speed and how the collision unfolded.
- Two survivors were taken to SAMCo de San Genaro for treatment, one with a fractured leg, and the pickup driver also received medical attention at the scene.
- Local police units, the Comando Radioeléctrico, the Guardia Provincial and the Policía de Investigaciones worked with a forensic doctor at the scene and the inquiry could lead to criminal proceedings and further local scrutiny of roadside safety.