The president of the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA), Carlos Achetoni, died this Friday morning in a car accident occurred in the national route 188, between the Buenos Aires towns of Ameghino and Granada.
The fact was confirmed by the FAA, which in a statement highlighted that “this unfortunate event mourns and saddens the leadership and all the federated members.”
The entity sent its condolences to the family of the agricultural leader “in these devastating moments.”
“We will always remember him fighting for the small and medium producers and the regional economies that he has represented so much and so well,” they concluded.
How was the accident
According to local media, the accident occurred this Friday morning when Achetoni was traveling in his car, a Fiat Palio, on national route 188.
For reasons that are being investigated, at kilometer 304 of that route — between the towns of Florentino Ameghino and Granada — the car in which the head of the FAA was traveling collided with the back of a truck transporting peanuts.
As a result of the strong impact, Achetoni died instantly, while the truck, which came from La Carlota, overturned the trailer.
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