Five members of a family died
in an accident involving a car and a truck on National Route No. 14, near the Corrientes town of La Cruz, 430 kilometers from the provincial capital.
The episode occurred after 8:30 and the experts continued working after noon at
kilometer 576
, where the collision occurred, leaving the smaller vehicle almost completely destroyed.
Investigators were trying to determine the causes of the incident, since
it occurred on a straight line, in broad daylight
and with good weather conditions.
The impressive crash involved
a Correo Argentino truck and a Peugeot 307
, in which five people were traveling,
two adults and three minors
, members of the same family, who died at the scene.
Commissioner Sergio Aguilar, head of the Institutional Relations Department of the provincial Police, told
Télam
that the truck driver "was in shock and had minor injuries."
The Argentine Post truck was headed
from Posadas to Buenos Aires
, while the Peugeot "apparently was bound for Misiones,"
Alfredo Baroni, director of the La Cruz urban guard, told
Radio Do s.
Until now, the identity of the fatal victims is not known, meanwhile, Commissioner Aguilar told Télam
that
they were from the province of Buenos Aires.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the experts remained at the scene, in addition to volunteer firefighters, members of the National Gendarmerie and Health personnel from the local hospital and traffic remained interrupted for several hours, also working to determine the causes and circumstances in which the incident occurred. caused the head-on collision.
Finally, the Department of Institutional Relations of the Corrientes Police reported that it had intervened with the Prosecutor on duty to begin investigations into the case, in order to identify these people and causes of the road accident that occurred three kilometers from the town of La Cruz and 430 kilometers southeast of the Capital of Corrientes.
DP