The 31-year-old accused of ramming at high speed and causing the injuries that cost the life of George Lotus55 years old, on the afternoon of the last Tuesday he finally turned himself in to the police authorities after spending almost 2 days on the run and was formally notified in the framework of the case that was classified as “culpable homicide”.
The driver arrived with the red Volkswagen Gol that he was driving at the time of the incident and made himself available to the authorities at the Fourteenth Police Station, where he explained that he had been part of the accident in question. Police sources explained that the young man handed over the keys to the vehicle, which was kidnapped and on which the corresponding skills will be carried out; he established an address and was notified of the charge against him.
According to the official reports to which he agreed 0221.com.ar, The terrible crash occurred on the afternoon of last Wednesday, at the intersection of 173 and 52. The victim was riding a bicycle and, for reasons that are still being investigated, she was hit at high speed by the VW Gol driven by the young man.
Loto was urgently transferred to the Alejandro Korn Hospital in Melchor Romero, where he arrived unconscious and with serious injuries. Despite the efforts of the specialists, the man did not resist and died shortly after his arrival at the health center.
After the impact, meanwhile, far from stopping to help the injured man, the driver of the vehicle fled the scene without leaving any traces other than the description of the vehicle made by the witnesses of the dramatic event. However, in the last hours he decided to appear before the authorities to answer for what happened.
ALARMING FIGURES
The number of deaths from traffic accidents in La Plata continues to grow and so far in 2023 there have already been ten deaths. According to the official information available, in the first 18 days of the year there were a dozen deaths in road accidents and concern is growing among residents and the authorities.
Loto’s death thus joined a long list of serious accidents that turned out to be fatal. The string began on January 1, with the brutal crash between a Ford Ranger and a Land Rover at the intersection of Route 2 and 520 Avenue, in which the three occupants of the first one died. Since then, incidents have multiplied both in the city and in the rest of the region.
