Overview
- A chain collision around 1 a.m. on Ruta Nacional 34 near Herrera (km 576) involved a pickup and two heavy trucks, leaving two people hospitalized.
- Initial on‑scene examinations and driver testimonies indicate a white pickup crossed into the opposite lane and hit a Mercedes truck driven by Jesús Torres.
- The following Iveco truck, driven by Fernando Luis Bertone, veered off the roadway and came to rest on adjacent railway tracks after the impact.
- Police found a severely damaged white Toyota Hilux driven by Marcelo Raúl Castillo with passenger Adriana Sauco; Criminalística conducted peritajes and the Añatuya prosecutor’s office intervened.
- Around 6 a.m. on Ruta 143 at Villa Atuel, a Ford Ka overturned, the 25‑year‑old driver died at Hospital Schestakow, and three passengers remained hospitalized as Comisaría 26, Policía Científica and Policía Vial investigate; the crash followed a separate fatal collision Saturday near Monte Comán.