An intoxicated young man who was driving without a driver’s license and the wrong way down General Paz Avenue rammed another vehicle at the height of Emilio Castro, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Mataderos. Due to the road accident, three people were injured and traffic remained cut off for much of Sunday morning.
“What can cause a car to go the wrong way down General Paz? Answer: alcohol. This madness – which fortunately did not kill anyone – was caused by a 25-year-old driver from Lomas, totally drunk,” the director tweeted. executive of the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV), Pablo Martínez Carignano.
“As confirmed by the Minister of Security of the City of Buenos Aires, Marcelo D’Alessandro, the driver was asleep when the police arrived and blood had to be drawn at the hospital to confirm the obvious,” he added.
“We know that there are many problems to solve in our beloved country, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that alcohol causes 1 in 4 deaths in road accidents. It is urgent to deal with the #AlcoholZero law in Deputies so that nightmares like these do not happen once more,” said Carignano.
“The driver does not have a registered license, for this reason, from the National Road Safety Agency we are going to issue an alert to all the CELs (Driver’s License Issuing Centers) in the country so that, at the time of presenting themselves, they cannot obtain it,” he added.
The road accident occurred before six o’clock, when a Volkswagen Gol entered General Paz Avenue the wrong way through Alberdi Avenue, hitting a Citroën Berlingo at the intersection with Emilio Castro, next to the Riachuelo. Security camera footage shows that the driver of the Gol drove several kilometers in the opposite direction to vehicular traffic, before the impact.
Members of the 9A Neighborhood Police Station of the City Police approached the scene, following being alerted by the Corrales Detachment regarding the crash. The police assured that the driver of the Goal had “a strong ethyl breath”but since the breathalyzer test might not be done, a blood draw was then carried out, the results of which would be known in the next few hours.
Due to the impact, both drivers and a passenger who was traveling in the Berlingo suffered multiple injuries, without risk of life, having to be assisted by the SAME and then transferred to the Santojanni Hospital. The young man who caused the accident is from Lomas de Zamora, was asleep when the police arrived and did not have a license at the time of the crash. The Criminal, Misdemeanor and Misdemeanor Prosecutor’s Office No. 35 intervenes in the case and charged the driver of the Volkswagen Gol with “injuries”.
Another accident in General Paz during the weekend
One persOna died this Saturday following crashing the car in which he was traveling as a companion once morest a guardrail on General Paz Avenueat the height of the Ricchieri highway and Eva Perón avenue, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Lugano.
After the accident there was a partial traffic cut, which generated significant delays in the area. As confirmed by police sources THATthe incident occurred around 6 this Saturday at kilometer 19.5 of the highway, in the direction of the Río de la Plata, when the driver of a Fiat Punto lost control and hit the guardrail of the place.
After the fact, personnel from the 8A Neighborhood Police Station moved to the scene and confirmed the death of one person. According to the driver of the car, everything happened when he and his companion were surprised by a truck that was traveling in the slow lane. Wanting to avoid it, the car lost control and hit the guardrail.
As a result, the person traveling as a companion died on the spot, while the driver was transferred by SAME to the Santojani Hospital. The Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 37 intervenes, in charge of the prosecutor Romina Monteleone, who initiated inquiries for the crime of “homicide” and requested that an alcohol test be carried out on the driver.
