In the midst of the commotion that the community of the tourist city of Villa La Angosturaprovince of Neuquén, by The tragic car crash that occurred on National Route 40in which two brothers, Lisandro (29) and Exequiel Linares (31), and their children Tahiel (12) and Martina (6) died., the investigations carried out by personnel from the provincial Scientific and Criminal Police showed that the truck driver “created an impermissible risk” by crossing lanes in an area “with a double yellow line on the road.” Given this scenario, the Dr. Adrián de Lillothe prosecutor in charge of the investigation, requested the preventive detention of the truck driver, but the Judge Bibiana Ojeda did not grant said request and, instead, ordered the prohibition of the accused from leaving the country.
According to the judicial sources consulted by Infobaethe Lillo prosecutor attributed the driver of the cargo truck, identified as Carlos Artur De Peder Da Silva, Brazilian, 53 years oldhaving caused the death of four people, after considering that he carried out a “reckless and illegal” maneuver which caused the tragic accident on RN 40, one kilometer from the junction with provincial route 237.
“The collision occurred in circumstances in which DS (Da Silva) created an impermissible risk when he maneuvered in an illegal manner by not respecting traffic signs, and disobeying the mandatory double yellow line horizontal marking existing on the road whose meaning is the prohibition of crossing lanes and carried out a maneuver to his left, generating his entry into the opposite lane of Route 40, thus invading the circulation space of the Fiat Strada model vehicle, which was circulating in the direction contrary,” said Lillo’s prosecutor at the imputation hearing.
As this media was able to find out, the alcohol test to which the truck driver was subjected gave results negative.
Because Da Silva did not provide an identifiable address during his statement, and in order to guarantee submission to the rigorous judicial process, Dr. De Lillo requested that he be detained preventively. However, Dr. Ojeda, who was in charge of the hearing, did not accept the prosecutor’s proposal but did issue a prohibition on leaving the country and He ordered the accused to establish an address in the city of San Carlos de Barilochewhere you must appear daily at a local police station.
After recounting his hypothesis of the case, prosecutor De Lillo framed the accusation in the crime of manslaughter, caused by the reckless driving of a motor vehicle, aggravated by the number of fatalities.
To support the accusation, the representative of the Neuquén Public Prosecutor’s Office highlighted the plurality of victims and the status of the accused as a professional driver. And because this is a defendant of another nationality who has no roots or residence in the country, he formalized before the magistrate the request for preventive detention for the truck driver.
Judge Ojeda considered the charges formulated and He set the investigation period at four months. At the end of this period, the accusation control must be carried out, to then set the date of the trial to which the accused will be subjected.
Police sources told this media that the tragic event occurred this Saturday, around 6:30 p.m., when personnel from Police Station 28 of Villa La Angostura were alerted by a road accident that occurred at kilometer 2,173 of RN 40.
Upon arriving at the scene, the uniformed officers confirmed that the head-on collision was caused by a Mercedes Benz truck that was traveling in a west-east direction and a Fiat Strada truck that was traveling in the opposite direction.
As a result of the strong impact, the four occupants of the car died: Lisandro (29) and Exequiel Linares (31), and their children Tahiel (12) and Martina (6).
According to the information provided by Raul Tiernohead of the Villa La Angostura Volunteer Fire Department, The truck was thrown approximately 60 meters due to the impact., but it stayed on the road and did not overturn. For its part, the truck was stuck on the asphalt strip. As a result of this, they opened a hand on the shoulder to decompress the traffic, since there had been lines of up to 3 kilometers on each side, as reflected LM Neuquen.
Tierno had also stated that “the truck driver has not commented anything yet because he is shocked”. In turn, he remarked: “We do not know what the dynamics of the accident were like, that will be determined by the experts from the city of Neuquén.”
The Linares brothers were very loved within the community where they both came from. For this reason, the Municipality of Villa La Angostura expressed in a statement released through his social networks his “deep pain at the tragedy that occurred on Saturday afternoon,” and declared two days of mourning in the Patagonian city.
“In this context of immense sadness, the municipality has decreed two days of mourning for today and tomorrow (Monday). We clarify that during this period public and official activities will not be affected, but the flags will be raised at half-mast as a sign of respect,” they explained.
In turn, from the municipality they reflected: “We accompany their family and friends in this difficult time and extend our most sincere condolences, wishing you find comfort and strength in love and shared memories. We ask everyone to keep the Linares family in their thoughts and prayers.”
