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Two-Year-Old Critically Injured After Father Reverses Pickup at Lavalle Farm

Authorities opened a criminal inquiry following the rural reversing crash.

Overview

  • The incident occurred around 3 p.m. on December 11 at a finca in Las Violetas on Calle Eugenio Montenegro as a Ford F-100 was backing up.
  • The parents first took the child to Hospital Domingo Sícoli, where a physician diagnosed polytrauma with a suspected pelvic fracture and an arm injury.
  • An ambulance then moved the boy to Hospital Notti with a sanitary escort coordinated by the Strategic Operations Center.
  • Police administered a breathalyzer to the 32-year-old driver that read 0.0 g/l, and prosecutors ordered a toxicological analysis.
  • The pickup was seized for forensic examination as Scientific Police work the vehicle and scene, and the child remains in grave condition.