The analysis of breathalyzer that they practiced on Nicholas Rocca yielded result positive, according to police sources. He was the one driving the Volkswagen Nivus that collided head-on with the Ford Ka he was driving Michelle Trinidadwho died in the accident along with Mary Josephine Ferrero. Both Rocca and the other six Argentines involved presented injuries of varying severity in the road accident that occurred this Wednesday in the department of Maldonado, Uruguay, near east point.
Meanwhile, investigators and the prosecutor Sebastian Robles They continue to collect data to be able to reconstruct the event and determine what the fatal crash was like at kilometer 101 of Route 104, at the height of the Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA).
According to reports in local media, the alcohol level was “low”, but in any case, in Uruguay the norm of zero alcohol at the wheel. On the other hand, in the place where the crash occurred, the speed limit is 45 kilometers per hour and it is not allowed to exceed vehicles.
The head-on collision, which occurred shortly before 2:00 p.m. yesterday, involved two light vehicles: four women were traveling in a Ford Ka and five other passengers in a Volkswagen Nivus, all of them Argentine. Alerted by what happened, firefighters from San Carlos and de la Barra went to the scene to assist the passengers who had been trapped inside the cars.
According to what the Uruguayan police sources pointed out to infobae, Micaela Trinidad and María Josefina Ferrero were already found lifeless inside the Ford Ka. From that same vehicle they managed to rescue Melanie Larraburu Y camila palacioswhich were transferred to Cantegril Sanatorium with severe multiple trauma. As this medium was able to find out, Larraburu underwent surgery on one of her legs but she is out of danger. Meanwhile, Palacios continues in a pharmacological coma and her condition is reserved.
Regarding the Volkswagen Nivus, it was reported that he was driving Nicholas Rocca, who suffered polytrauma and blunt abdominal trauma and was also referred to the same sanatorium. Initially, the Uruguayan police reported that along with him they were traveling John Paul Sentero, Nazarene Sierra, Melina Antun Y Luciano Strassera -former partner of Gianinna Maradona-, who in principle would not have suffered serious injuries. However, this morning from the Uruguayan Highway Police Headquarters they confirmed to infobae that Strassera was not among the occupants of the vehicle and the wound is called Josephine Elissondo.
Given this new version, Strassera himself confirmed that he was not traveling in either of the two vehicles that were involved in the head-on collision. “To all who cared, I tell you that I was not in either of the two cars. I was not part of the accident. Yes my friends. Thank you, ”she posted on her social media.
For their part, the families of the injured Argentines began to arrive this Thursday in the neighboring country to learn about the health of the injured. Sources from the Argentine consulate in Maldonado told infobae that they are working “with the nine families.”
“The consulate is working with the nine families. Today we continue working. Families begin to arrive. It is necessary to see if Justice releases the bodies”, they specified from the diplomatic headquarters.
The incident took place in a place that usually has a lot of traffic, since José Ignacio, La Barra, Manantiales and El Chorro can be accessed from there. It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 Argentines entered Uruguay to spend their vacations.
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