Five Argentines killed in head-on collision in Mexico

Five Argentine citizens, and one Mexican, died on Monday as a result of a head-on collision on a highway in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. In addition, two other Argentine citizens, who were in the crashed van, were transferred by helicopter and hospitalized. One of them is under observation, with “apparent minor injuries” and the other person underwent surgery. The Argentines who died in the accident are: Hernán Ezequiel Sibella, Vanesa Paola Silvia Díaz, Gerónimo Amengual, Maximiliano Nicolás Laviano and Nahuel López.According to sources from the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the collision between a van in which seven Argentine citizens were traveling, and a tourist van, on the Puerto Aventura-Tulum highway section, part of the Riviera Maya-Cancun tourist corridor, The five Argentines were on vacation and the Mexican victim was the driver of the transport van, said Jorge Vázquez Oropeza, secretary of Civil Protection of the municipality of Solidaridad, part of the tourist area. The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Quintana Roo expects to have the results of the experts and determine the causes of the head-on collision on a road in that Mexican state during the course of the day on Monday. President Andrés López Obrador lamented the accident and assured that they are “looking for all the facilities to be given to the relatives” of the victims. Very ugly, very ugly this accident. The governor is already dealing with this very unfortunate case. Argentine brothers and a Mexican lost their lives in this accident on the stretch from Tulum to Playa (del Carmen),” López Obrador said during today’s morning press conference in Puebla.
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