A driver died after getting lost on 208 and 32 / EL DIA
The death toll on the region’s routes and roads has once again received a new name and the number is becoming more and more alarming: so far this year, 72 people have already died in road accidents, which is even more than the 64 deaths in the whole of 2024. The statistics, which advance almost week by week, show that road insecurity is living through one of its most critical moments and that preventive measures remain inadequate in the face of a phenomenon that continues to accelerate.
The latest case was recorded yesterday morning in Abasto in the area of 208 and 32, where a 35-year-old man lost his life after a violent rollover. According to police sources, it is Mathías Falcón, a native of Wilde, who was driving a Ford Ka that, for reasons still to be reconstructed, got lost and ended up overturning, throwing the driver out of the vehicle. When the SAME ambulance arrived at the scene, the attending doctor could only confirm death.
According to the official report, the crime scene was preserved for the necessary investigations, surveillance by municipal and private cameras and the search for witnesses who would allow us to understand what happened in the seconds before the accident began. UFI No. 10 was responsible for the investigation.
No hypotheses have been ruled out so far, although investigators point out that the accident occurred in a rural area with little light and traffic: a scenario that, when combined with speeding or distraction, usually becomes a fatality.
Meanwhile, almost simultaneously, another accident changed the morning in La Plata. It happened on 60th and 161st Avenue, where two men were injured after a collision between a Fiat Siena and a Peugeot Partner. In this case, the victims – aged 27 and 30 – were attended by SAME and taken to Romero Hospital with multiple trauma and injuries to one hand. The driver of the Siena was charged with negligent bodily harm.
Although this episode did not result in any fatalities, it once again shows the frequency and severity of the accidents that rock the city every weekend. And it fuels a concern that has already been raised by both experts and authorities: The region will end the year with one of the highest road death rates of the last decade.
Preliminary reports agree on one conclusive fact: Most fatal accidents involve motorcyclists between the ages of 18 and 35, many of whom ride without helmets, at night and on roads with poor lighting. The vulnerability of this group and their risky behavior made them central protagonists of the traffic tragedy.
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