He Director of the Port Institute of the province of Entre RíosJuan Ruiz Orrico, was involved in a traffic accident on Thursday, June 20 at dawn on Route 39, near Caseros in the central west of Entre Ríos, in which Four meat processing plant workers who were traveling to take turns at work lost their lives.
The official, immediately removed from his position by Governor Rogelio Frigerio, was driving a vehicle of the department he commanded, tested positive for alcohol, as determined by judicial expertise within the framework of the investigation of the incident.
Despite the days that have passed, The alcohol dosage is not yet known. in blood that Ruiz Orrico had, no small fact because it could be a aggravating factor of the crime of negligent homicide of which he is accused.
Furthermore, from that data It will also depend on whether or not the vehicle insurance covers the damage. given that in the Mesopotamian province the rule of zero alcohol when driving applies, but insurers usually give a margin of up to one gram.
According to what is known about the accident, the VW Passat owned by the Port Institute of the province and driven by Ruiz Orrico, caused the impact when crossing the lane, and crashed head-on into the Corsa in which the brothers Lucas and Brian Izaguirre were traveling; Leonardo Almada and Axel Rossi and who were traveling in the opposite direction.
The now former official I was returning from a private party in the city of Concepción del Uruguay. The four occupants of the smaller vehicle were going to take their work shift at the Fadel refrigerator, in the town of Pronunciamiento.
A complicated judicial instance is now opening. Beyond the criminal lawsuit that the person responsible for the accident will face, the family members will initiate a civil case, where the Iapser Seguros (provincial insurer), the provincial State, as it is the owner of the car, and the ART of the deceased will be involved, since the death was in itinerethat is, while they were going to do their job, and Ruiz Orrico himself.
Early valuations suggest that the trial will be for several million dollars. But in addition to ordinary justice, the State Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into damage to public funds for having destroyed an official car.
Ruiz Orrico is a leader linked to the Rural Society of his province, who tried to be mayor three times of Concepción del Uruguay, without luck. But, as if the disaster it caused were not enough, the first prosecutor who intervened, María Occhi, apologized for her friendship with Judge Evangelina Bruzzomember of the Criminal Cassation Chamber of Concordia, with jurisdiction in the central-eastern part of Entre Ríos, partner of the former provincial official.
