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Weekend Road Crashes Across the Americas Leave Multiple Dead and Many Injured

Authorities are relying on arrests plus camera evidence to establish responsibility.

Overview

  • Police in Tampa say a fleeing silver sedan crashed into the exterior of Bradley’s on 7th in Ybor City, killing four and injuring eleven, and the driver, 22-year-old Silas Sampson, was arrested on vehicular homicide and aggravated fleeing charges.
  • Peruvian officials reported a head‑on collision at km 179+200 of the Canta–Huayllay road near the Huascacocha reservoir that destroyed a pickup and killed Rosy Aranda Japa, 40, and Gaudencio Aranda Rivera, 81, with the tanker driver detained and necropsies ordered.
  • Mexico City’s Metrobús Line 1 struck a private pickup between Chilpancingo and Nuevo León after a prohibited left turn into the confined lane, leaving seven with minor injuries as investigators review onboard camera footage.
  • In Lanús, Buenos Aires, a Renault Symbol driven by Ezequiel Eduardo Mambrín hit three elderly pedestrians; prosecutors confirmed he was driving in flip‑flops, two victims were discharged, and a 73‑year‑old faces a possible arm amputation, with the driver detained on suspicion of negligent injury.
  • Separate probes continue into a 19‑year‑old motorcyclist’s fatal crash into a tree in Barracas and a ChilcaHuancayo case in which a combi struck a young mother and her child, with the child in an ICU and relatives questioning the driver’s release after 48 hours.