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Two Drivers Detained After Dooring Kills 23-Year-Old Cyclist in Rosario

Prosecutors have opened a negligent homicide investigation using nearby security video.

Overview

  • Police say a Fiat Strada driver opened a door into Milagros Rocío Peña, who fell into the path of a Line 153 bus.
  • Peña, 23, died at the scene on Mendoza near Circunvalación in the Belgrano neighborhood of Rosario.
  • The bus driver and neighbors performed CPR before a SIES ambulance arrived about 20 minutes later.
  • Both the pickup driver and the bus driver were detained as forensic work and camera reviews proceed under the Unidad Fiscal de Siniestros Viales.
  • The Universidad Nacional de Rosario’s medical faculty confirmed the nursing student’s death, intensifying calls for better cyclist safety.