Two people died in the early hours of this Wednesday after being hit head-on by a truck while driving along a route in the province of San Juan.
The driver said that a cow ran into him.
The fatal accident occurred around 3 on
Route 141, near Cuestas de las Vacas
, in the Caucete department.
A refrigerator-type Scania truck that was transporting meat from Córdoba collided with a VW Gol, in which a man and a woman were traveling.
The occupants of the car, which was completely destroyed, died instantly.
They were identified as
Víctor Castro (32)
and
Antonia Pamela Ponce (28)
.
Both were from the Albardón department: one lived in Campo Afuera and the other in Villa San Martín.
As reported by the local newspaper
Diario de Cuyo
, the trucker - identified as
Víctor Ceculin (32)
- told the Police that he was forced to make
a sudden maneuver when a cow ran into him
, causing him to collide head-on with the car.
Regarding this version, the investigators were able to find traces of hair in the truck that apparently are from an animal.
In the first instance, the truck driver was arrested.
They worked in the personal place of the 9th Police Station, Criminalistics and the UFI Special Crimes.
Special operation for Easter
The Secretary of State for Security and Public Order, together with the San Juan Police, and in collaboration with other areas of the Provincial Government and municipalities, will deploy police officers to carry out road controls, permanent patrols and the prevention of activities in the tourist departments of the province.
The objective of the same -informed the provincial government on its website- aims at prevention in the streets and on provincial routes, where road controls (documentation and breathalyzer controls) and permanent patrolling will be carried out, in conjunction with troops from the Argentine National Gendarmerie .
In the
Paraje de la Difunta Correa
, where thousands of visitors and pilgrims congregate year after year, a specific coverage and assistance plan was prepared along Route 20 and Route 141.
It is highlighted that the GAM, the Rural Police and the D9 Fire Department will be dedicated to this special task to guarantee the safety of visitors to the Paraje.
In addition, the members of the San Juan Police will carry out patrols and there will be more police presence in the different neighborhoods of the departments of Greater San Juan, where an increase in police presence has been arranged 24 hours a day. .
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