A car collided head-on with a truck on Route 51. Three people lost their lives instantly / Web
The tragedy dyed the last moments of January with mourning: eight people lost their lives during the last 48 hours due to traffic accidents on Buenos Aires routes, within the framework of the beginning of the tourist exchange.
As EL DIA has been reporting, the streets and routes of our region have become the scene of deadly incidents that mark and reveal, so far in this recent 2023, an alarming and harsh reality.
If to this panorama, which is local, we add what happened during this first month of vacation, with the devastating balance of deaths and injuries on the routes that go to the Atlantic coast or to other tourist destinations, in accidents that occurred on the 2, 36, 29, 51, 6 and 226, the problem becomes more urgent.
On Route 51 a vehicle caught fire after impact and its occupants were trapped inside
As reported in its previous edition, this week began with four fatalities (two in Pipinas and two in Berazategui), while another four deaths were reported yesterday.
THREE DEAD IN BÁHÍA BLANCA
In this context, during the early morning and dawn yesterday, three people died charred after a shocking accident between a truck and a car in the city of Bahía Blanca.
The brutal road incident occurred on Provincial Route 51 at kilometer 717, when for reasons that are being investigated, a transport with a trailer headed to Comodoro Rivadavia collided head-on with a Renault Logan car that was traveling to the town of Cabildo. .
Police sources indicated that after the impact, the two vehicles were one hundred meters from the crash site and caught fire.
The truck driver managed to get out of the cab under his own power, while the occupants of the Logan were trapped inside.
The people who died were identified as Marcelo Álvarez, 32, and Milagros and Guillermo Chefelt, 21 and 19. The three lived in Cabildo, a small town of just over 2,000 inhabitants located 50 kilometers from Bahía Blanca.
“The truck was traveling towards Comodoro Rivadavia and the car was traveling in the opposite direction, from Bahía Blanca towards Cabildo. For reasons unknown to us, they hit the road, the truck dragged it one hundred meters towards the shoulder and then both vehicles caught fire,” said Civil Defense, in dialogue with local media.
Sources from that agency specified that “the trucker was treated at the scene without the need to be transferred and the breathalyzer test was carried out, the result of which was negative.”
Likewise, police investigators specified that the three occupants of the car died charred as a result of the crash and subsequent fire.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 226
Yesterday, after 7 in the morning, and for reasons that are part of the investigation, there was a violent head-on collision at kilometer 251 of Route 226, a few meters from the road to Martín Fierro.
In the accident, a Chevrolet van collided with a VW cargo truck, and as a result of the strong crash, the driver of the van died.
The deceased was identified as 20-year-old Milton Luciano Spreafichi and a native of Vedia. Meanwhile, the truck was driven by Carlos Martín Aranciaga, 47 years old and residing in Castelli.
Policemen from the Blue Road Detachment, and road broker toll agents worked at the scene of the incident. Finally, it should be noted that the case was classified as “culpable homicide” with the intervention of the UFI on behalf of the judicial department of Azul.
CONTROLS
Tragedies continue to occur despite the recent enforcement of laws such as “zero alcohol” and mega control operations.
In this framework, during the last hours, the Ministry of Transportation of the Province of Buenos Aires carried out 14,879 vehicle inspections in different tourist cities.
In total, 7,061 breathalyzer tests were carried out, of which 237 yielded positive results, for which reason the corresponding driving disqualification offenses were issued.
The positivity ranking was led by Monte Hermoso with 15.94 percent positives, followed by La Plata with 6.15 percent. Then came San Clemente with 4.08% and Pinamar with 3.49%.
In our city, January closed with 14 fatalities due to traffic accidents, a very large number in relation to the first month of last year, which had four (4).
