Overview
- In Maipú, a Scania truck and a Fiat Uno collided around midday at Ruta 60 and Variante Palmira, killing the female passenger as she was being transported and leaving the male driver in grave condition.
- Officials reported the truck driver, identified by initials R. M. and described as Brazilian, was uninjured and tested 0.00 for blood alcohol content.
- Emergency crews from the Coordinated Emergency Service transferred the car’s occupants to Hospital Perrupato, while investigators secured the intersection for peritajes.
- On Ruta Nacional 14 near kilometer 693 by Santo Tomé, a frontal crash between a container truck and a Fiat Siena sparked a fire that consumed the car and left a couple dead.
- Firefighters required reinforcements to extinguish the blaze, traffic was halted for hours, the truck driver was unharmed, and investigators are evaluating an overtaking maneuver as a primary hypothesis.