“Took a flu medicine that made you drowsy”was the unusual excuse of the driver of a Renault Sandero Stepway that caused a chain crash this Thursday at kilometer 18 of the Camino del Buen Ayre.
Carlos Andrés Dip (43) was charged with manslaughter aggravated by reckless and negligent driving of a motor vehicle and with a alcohol level greater than one gram per liter of blood. Prosecutor Marcelo Tavolaro requested that the arrest be formalized by the Guarantee Judge, who must respond in the next few hours.
Dip first tried to overtake a Peugeot Partner without success, as he hit the left rear part of the car. For this reason, he lost control, crossed two lanes and ran over Pablo Ariel Santillán (28), who, due to the violence of the crash, flew through the air and crossed the guardrail. He fell into the wrong direction of the highway and was unintentionally hit by a Toyota Corolla.
Santillán died instantly and at this time the autopsy was being carried out so that the body could be delivered to the family.
Pablo Ariel Santillán, the 28-year-old young man who died because a drunk driver hit him on the Camino del Buen Ayre.
Dip was investigated under the legal sponsorship of Rodrigo Tripolone who, in dialogue with Clarionassured that if the driver’s alcohol consumption was confirmed, he would renounce the defense for an “ethical” issue.
“For an ethical issue, I represented him at the investigation, but due to a matter of conscience I stopped him from attending,” he confided to Clarín.
In a first interview with Tripolone, Dip confided in him that he had consumed “an anti-flu “that made him drowsy” and that was why he had lost control of the vehicle.
The accused He has a three-year-old daughter, he is married for more than a decade and lives in Hurlingham, where he also has a mechanical workshop.
According to his social media profile, he is from Santiago del Estero and currently remains detained and at the disposal of the prosecutor Tavolaro and the guarantee court. Before stopping Dip, they performed a breathalyzer test on him with difficulty, because the driver could not (or did not want to) blow according to what the pipette needed, which he detected 1.97 grams of alcohol per liter of blood.
Carlos Andrés Dip (43) was charged with the crime of manslaughter aggravated by reckless and negligent driving of a motor vehicle and with a blood alcohol level greater than one gram per liter of blood.
Hours later, in addition, they performed a blood draw that corroborated the information and that ended up being decisive in requesting the preventive prison.
In the province of Buenos Aires the Law of Zero Alcohol behind the wheel, which is why alcohol consumption by drivers is not permitted.
Santillán was a neighbor of Merlo, He was driving his motorcycle in the fast lane and ended up being run over after flying several meters.
“From Madres del Dolor we regret the death of Pablo Ariel Santillán yesterday on the Camino del Buen Ayre due to a drunk driver, with 1.97 grams of alcohol in his blood,” said Viviam Perrone, head of the organization.
In addition, he warned about the beginning of the long weekend. “People go out for a walk but the National Road Safety Agency is still without an Executive Director. In other words, it still does not have someone who has a signature to organize controls. One death every 2 hours on our streets and routes. “Life, which is the most precious thing we have, is not valued,” he said.
The pain of the victim’s friends
“He was a big fan of motorcycles, as a child he built motorized bikes and at 20 he rode a motorcycle,” said a friend of the victim. The young man, who originally lived in Merlo with his parents, had moved to San Antonio de Padua with his partner.
He used to visit his parents every week, who still live at 500 Baigorria Street.
Pablo Ariel Santillán was an only child and this Thursday He had gone to look for a spare part for his best friend. and, when he was returning, he suffered the impact on the highway and died.
“He was a very family-oriented and friendly boy, he didn’t disrespect anyone. Life was an injustice. The guy in the car is still alive, we’re going to have to bury my friend in a box. It’s unfortunate, he left us all in shock, I came home from work and couldn’t believe. The mother is dead, she doesn’t want to know anything more,” said Federico, one of her neighbors and friends.
