Mercedes Rus met with the family of the police officer who was hit and killed by a drunk driver

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Behind closed doors, at 11 o’clock Hugo Rodríguez’s preventive detention hearing was resumed. Last week, the Traffic Prosecutor Fernando Giunta and the plaintiff lawyers had made their presentation, who requested that the warehouse employee continue to be detained in jail and accused of simple double homicide due to possible intent – from 8 to 50 years in prison -. This Thursday it was the turn of defense lawyer Pablo Cazabán who claimed freedom through a change in qualification to aggravated manslaughter for drunk driving. Judge María Alejandra Mauricio is expected to resolve the issue next week.

Accident in Godoy Cruz

Minutes before midnight on Friday, May 3, a series of minor traffic accidents had occurred in the South Access at Sarmiento Street. Road Police personnel and road agents from the Municipality of Godoy Cruz were directing traffic to the east side, since there were several vehicles that collided and, in addition, the light was missing. because several weeks ago thieves stole the cables from the place.

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At that moment A Ford EcoSport truck passed through the area at excess speed, entered the shoulder and ended up running over police officer Leonardo Alarcón and preventer Santiago Velázquez. The latter ended up losing his life at the scene, while the man was taken to the Central Hospital where he was admitted with serious injuries – including an amputated leg – and died hours later.

The driver of the vehicle, Hugo Martínez, was almost lynched by those present. They performed a blood test that showed 2.68 grams of alcohol, that is, more than five times the maximum 0.5 allowed by the Traffic Law.