translated from Spanish: In pre-trial detention he was charged by accident resulting in the deaths of three people in Mejillones

The Local Prosecutor’s Office of Mejillones reported that the defendant R.A.C.M, 27, was remanded in custody and was formalised for being the perpetrator of the drunken driving offence resulting in the death, serious and minor injuries of seven people. The defendant was detected at the time of arrest by Carabineros, 1.75 grams of alcohol per liter of blood. According to the spokesman of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office of Antofagasta, José Troncoso, the events occurred on January 01, 2020, around 12:30 p.m., when the defendant was driving his jeep and had a head-on collision with a Kia Cerato car, which was heading down the track. road, heading north. This crash occurred at kilometer 74 of Route A1, near Playa Hornitos, north of Mejillones, in the Antofagasta Region.Product of the facts, the accused caused the death of an adult and two minors and two people were seriously injured and two people with them mild ions. In addition, deputy prosecutor Castillo added that the defendant risks a sentence ranging from five years and 1 day to 10 years in prison and indicated that Antofagasta Warranty Court ruled the 90-day period for the investigation of the case. It should be recalled that the accused kept his driver’s license suspended for the period of five years, and was serving time for the crime of driving motor vehicle in a drunken state, according to a sentence that is firm and executed, dated 09 March 2017, decreed by the Antofagasta Guarantee Court.

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