A fatal road accident involving two vehicles occurred this morning at kilometer 223 of Provincial Route No. 39, in the area of influence of the town of Caseros (Uruguay department). The initial balance is four people dead and one seriously injured. The injured person is the president of the Port Institute, Juan Ruiz Orrico, who was driving an official car and was taken to the Concepción del Uruguay hospital, as confirmed. ANALYSIS.
The place The piramid made it known the identities of the four deceased people. This is Leandro Almada from Rosario del Tala; Lucas and Brian Izaguirre, both from Basavilbaso; and Axel Rossi, also from Basavilbaso. It was also learned that Brian Izaguirre from Basavilbaso was serving as national referee; and that these four people were moving to go to work in a meat processing plant.
Meanwhile, the medical report from the provincial official indicates: “The patient Juan Ruiz Orrico (50), who at the time of the examination at 7 this Thursday presented multiple polytrauma, with deep cuts in the region of the chin and left knee. In addition, CT scans confirmed multiple fractured left costal arches and multiple fractured vertebrae. A left subdural hemorrhage was also confirmed.
As confirmed by the deputy chief of the Uruguay Departmental Police, Commissioner Martín Tello, the road accident occurred around 5:30 today and confirmed the death of four people and one person with serious injuries.
Tello said the impact was frontal. Due to the condition of the vehicles, it took a while to establish the make and model of one of the vehicles. It was later confirmed that it is a Corsa. It was left with the engine detached from the body, on the side of the road. Even the speedometer was unrecognizable to the public servants working at the scene. While the other vehicle is a Volkswagen Passat, it is registered as an official vehicle of the Provincial Port Institute. Police sources confirmed this morning that the Passat was driven by the head of the organization, Juan Enrique Ruiz Orrico – a native of Concepción del Uruguay – who suffered serious injuries.
Orrico has been promoting a criminal complaint for alleged acts of corruption in areas of the port that threaten the traditional political family of Concepción del Uruguay such as that of Carlos María Scelzi.
Although police and emergency personnel such as Firefighters and Health are working, the intervention of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is expected to dictate the required expert actions and progress can be made with the identity of the deceased. Meanwhile, the community of the Uruguay department and a large part of the province have expressed their dismay on social networks at this sad balance.
Marcos Di Giuseppe and Juan Enrique Ruiz Orrico are the ones who promoted the corruption complaint against Carlos María Scelzi and Leonardo Cabrera.
