Who was the driver of the Camaro that was killed in Córdoba

Matías left on Father’s Day. “Now he is with his dad“, say his friends. An only son, he left his mother, Claudia, alone – and devastated – who already misses him terribly. On Sunday, after 5 in the morning, the 28-year-old was driving his imposing coupe Chevrolet Camaro when he collided with the back of a Renault 440 truck and died instantly, in the city of Cordova.

The tragedy occurred in the outer ring of the Ring Road (officially called national route A019), at kilometer 32. This is the corridor with the highest volume of traffic within the access network to the provincial capital.

Matías Gabriel Depetriz He was born on October 17, 1995 and lived on Armada Argentina Avenue, in the Villa El Libertador neighborhood.

“From what I understand, the truck was on a slow lane and he was just entering the Circunvalación. He had no reaction and ate it from behind,” he told Clarion a young man who knew Depetriz.

Initially, some local media indicated that the person aboard the Camaro, the sixth generation of the famous Chevrolet muscle-car, was the racing driver. Matías Depetrisa native of Los Cóndores, who turned 30 on October 16, that is, one day before the real victim.

The news went viral and the cell phone of the athlete, who has competed in categories such as the TC Pista and the Córdoba Pista, exploded, but it was a regrettable mistake which caused enormous distress to his loved ones. “I still receive many messages and calls,” she told this newspaper.

The vehicle that was involved in the brutal crash is a Chevrolet Camaro SS V8 yellow. It has a 6.2-liter gasoline engine, with an eight-speed automatic transmission, paddle shifters, 461 horsepower and 617 Nm (Newton meter) of torque. Accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.2 seconds. It is valued at at least $100,000, is a 2017 model and has eight airbags.

Depetriz, a fan of speed, had it for a long time. He had previously “spoiled” in a Peugeot 308 Coupé Cabriolet.

“He always liked sports cars. He got from less to more with effort. He comes from a humble family. He was always related to automotive sports.. He attended with us the Oscar Cabalén racetrack, the Berta circuit, the Track Day and several meetings that are organized for some charitable cause,” he told Clarion another of the people who knew him and used to see him in these legal bites.

Furthermore, he maintained: “He had never had any accident, he knew how to drive this type of powerful sports car, he was a very good driver. He always had powerful sports cars. It is a shame what happened to him and a great loss.”

A photographer with the user @lennyfilmmaker On Instagram he put together a tribute video after learning of his death. “This is not a video to go viral or anything like that, just a video in memory of a person who, the little I knew, was humble and very cool.“he posted.

And I add: “I make this video with all due respect to Matías’s family and friends, it is not to offend anyone. I hope he and his car continue making a lot of noise in the sky. The most beautiful Camaro in Córdoba and a personal dream. RIP“.

In the comments to the publication, a woman named Lourdes wrote: “The skinny guy was going 160 kilometers per hour, he passed me on the right. We saw when she got stuck in the truck. Well… we just saw sparks“.

Friends consulted for this note They agree: “He was a healthy, young and good person.”

Another who also did not want to identify himself with his first and last name said: “The only thing I have to say is that he was not one to ride hard on the street. Where he accelerated and enjoyed the speed was on the racetrack, people thought he was big and, In fact, He was a very humble boy“.

The commercial activities that Depetriz carried out included “real estate services“.

His father, Alcides, had owned a food distributor. “Thank you, my love, for leaving someone who is part of you in my life.an infinite hug for you, wherever you are“, Claudia Anita López (60) wrote to her widower in June 2022. Now she also mourns the painful loss of her son.