The five Argentines who died on Sunday afternoon on a highway in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, as a result of a road incident, were identified this Monday by local authorities.
They were traveling
in a van towards Cancun,
and violently collided with a parked van, whose driver was also killed.
These are
four men and a woman
, already identified by the Attorney General's Office of that Mexican state.
These are Vanesa Paola Silvia Díaz, Ezequiel Hernán Sibella, Gerónimo Amengual, Maximiliano Nicolás Laviano and Nahuel López, whose ages were not revealed this Monday at noon.
Yes, that of the driver of the van they hit, who was 33 years old and named Freddy Omar Quijano Carrillo, Mexican.
The truck in which the Argentines were traveling, a
Suzuki Ertiga, lost control and crossed lanes
, where it then hit head-on and violently against a van that was parked.
The driver, who was having lunch inside, was also killed.
In addition to the six deceased,
two other people were injured and are hospitalized.
The Argentine consulate in Playa del Carmen is collaborating with the investigation.
The crash occurred around 1 p.m. on Sunday, at kilometer 260 of federal highway 307, which
connects Cancun with Tulum.
According to reports, the main hypothesis of the investigation is that the vehicle in which the Argentines were traveling lost control due to the
humidity of the asphalt and crossed lanes
.
Such was the violence of the crash that firefighters had to work for around three hours to remove the victims from the car.
While firefighters tried to rescue the Argentines without success, a medical helicopter transported the driver of the van to a hospital, where he died hours later.
He worked as a driver for the eTransfer company and was parked on the shoulder, having lunch before returning to his job.
The two injured people are also Argentine and were traveling with their compatriots,
apparently to a soccer match in Cancun.
The researchers maintain this since they were all dressed in green sports clothing.
Meanwhile, the families of the Argentines began collections from here to be able to repatriate the bodies once the investigation is completed.
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