From joy to tragedy! Sunday, May 5, was a day of celebration for the fans and players of Students of La Platawho became champions of the League Cup. However, unfortunately, one of them, Tiago Palacios, the 23-year-old winger, is now in a very complicated situation. After partying excessively, he drove drunk along Paseo del Bajo and the Illia Highway, where he eventually crashed into a gas station, leaving a worker injured. According to police information, the forward was driving with more than three times the legal alcohol limit.
The authorities investigating the incident reported that the collision took place at a Shell brand service station, located at the intersection of Paseo del Bajo and the Illia highway. At this site, for reasons not yet determined, Palacios crashed his white Jeep Compass Limited truck into pump number 6 during the morning of Monday, May 6.
According to information from Argentine media, the footballer tested positive in the alcohol test with a result of 1.84, well above the permitted limit. Alberto Crescenti, director of SAME, explained in an interview with the Sports channel TyC Sports that as a result of the accident, a 27-year-old employee of the service station suffered trauma to both legs and was taken to Fernández Hospital to receive medical attention.
After the accident, Tiago Palacios emerged from the vehicle unharmed under his own power, but unfortunately an employee suffered trauma to both legs and is in stable condition. According to witness reports collected by the police, the attacker first crashed into the fuel price sign, then into a cone and finally into one of the pumps. The employee was injured while trying to avoid the imminent collision.
The newspaper El Día de La Plata reported that the ‘Pincharrata’ team arrived around midnight in the city of Buenos Aires on a private plane from Santiago del Estero. At approximately 2 in the morning, the entire team led by Eduardo Domínguez arrived at the City Bell venue after having defeated Vélez on penalties in the exciting grand final.
Tiago Palacios joined Estudiantes de La Plata in February of this year after his time at Montevideo City Torque, and quickly established himself as a starter in the team under the technical direction of Eduardo Domínguez. The Argentine winger, nationalized as Uruguayan, was part of the starting eleven in the three games that the La Plata team played in the final phase of the League Cup. Last Sunday, he played 74 minutes against Vélez, until he was replaced by Eric Meza.
Witnesses tell how the events occurred
According to local media reports, it is known that the player was returning home around eight in the morning after winning the League Cup in Santiago del Estero. During this trip, Palacios, who was intoxicated, lost control of his truck while trying to enter a service station, which resulted in a crash against a pump in the establishment.
From what the people who were near the accident commented, the Estudiantes de la Plata footballer collided head-on with one of the pumps when entering the premises. “He did not brake, witnesses say that he may have miscalculated the pump and that he did not brake at any time.”they expressed in TN.
The Neighborhood Police Station 1A, located in the Retiro neighborhood, was in charge of carrying out the breathalyzer test on Tiago. According to the information available, in the City of Buenos Aires the maximum permitted blood alcohol limit for driving is 0.5 grams per liter (g/l). Additionally, a narcotics analysis was requested to rule out the presence of other substances in his system.
Tiago Palacios in full celebration before the accident
After participating in celebrations, Tiago Palacios experienced a sudden change from joy to sadness after crashing into a pump and failing a breathalyzer test, resulting in a 27-year-old woman being injured. As time went by, more information was revealed about the involvement of the outstanding League Cup champion with Estudiantes de La Plata in this serious accident. The 23-year-old had shared a post on his Instagram account during the celebration.
In the image, which was taken at the Non Stop nightclub in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Nicolás, Tiago Palacios can be seen during the early hours of the morning with streamer Santiago Argibay. Both look very happy and celebrating with a drink in hand, possibly consuming an alcoholic beverage that could have been the cause of the tragic accident. After this unfortunate incident, both the player and the streamer deleted the publication from their respective social networks.
The last thing that Estudiantes reported is that the footballers planned to meet this noon on Monday, May 5, at the Country to have lunch together and then train in the afternoon in preparation for the Copa Libertadores match against The Strongest, which they will visit on Thursday the 9th. at the altitude of La Paz, Bolivia. The team from La Plata cannot afford to lose more points, since they are in third place in Group C with four points, one less than the leader Huachipato and the same amount as their next opponent, who has a better goal difference. At the bottom of the table is Gremio with three units.
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