This was the moment when a couple died run over in the metrobus lane of the 25 de Mayo highway
One week after the fatal accident on the 25 de Mayo highway, in which two people who were arguing in the exclusive Metrobus lane were run over by a van, the images of the event were released, recorded by the Autopistas security cameras. Urbanas Public Limited Company (AUSA)
The footage shows how a man and a woman, who were trying to cross the Metrobus lane without noticing that a van was coming behind them, were hit by a Mercedes Benz Sprinter van from the company La Medalla.
Although the driver was traveling at a reasonable speed and tried to avoid them, he could not avoid the fatal outcome and the two people were thrown towards the left containment barrier after the impact.
In the middle of an argument, the couple crossed the metrobus lane without noticing that a van was coming behind them
In the images you can also see a cell phone from the City Police, detained on the right hand side of the highway, which had come to the place after the 911 notification that two people were wandering along the highway between the cars, at the height of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores.
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The event occurred on January 13 in the morning when a couple who were traveling aboard a remis at the height of Carabobo avenue got out of the vehicle after an argument and the man went looking for her to convince her to get back in the car. .
After being hit by the combi, both were fired towards the left containment barrier of the highway
Without noticing the risk, the woman went up the highway ramp, crossed the first lane heading toward downtown Buenos Aires, and when trying to cross the exclusive Metrobus lane, both she and the man were run over.
Upon being alerted to the situation, members of the 7B Neighborhood Police Station of the City Police went to the scene but did not arrive on time.
Despite the fact that the police came to help them, when they arrived it was too late: both died on the spot
When a SAME ambulance arrived, the doctors verified that both the man and the woman died instantly and that they were Bolivian nationals.
In this context, the police officers reported that the driver who was driving the Peugeot 207 where the deceased were traveling suffered a nervous breakdown, for which the presence of the Single Corps of Psychologists (CUP) of the force was requested.
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“They went to dance, they had drunk and argued on the way,” were the first statements made by the bus driver after being emotionally stabilized.
In the accident, the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 9 of the Capital, in charge of Martín Sebastián Peluso, secretary No. 108 of Diego Andrés Villanueva, intervened in the road accident, which ordered to initiate proceedings for culpable homicide, expertise and the declaration of the sole survivor.
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