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Driver Charged Over Florida Crash That Killed Five, Including Two Children

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement In the courts
  • Prosecutors in Florida, Uruguay, charged a 48-year-old pickup-truck driver with five counts of homicide by eventual intent over a crash that killed five people.
  • The victims included a couple, their two children aged two and nine, and a 42-year-old family member who later died from his injuries.
  • The driver was uninjured, tested zero on a breath test and received 150 days of pretrial detention as the investigation continues.

A pickup-truck driver has been charged over a crash in Florida, Uruguay, that killed five members of a family, including two children. Prosecutors charged the man with five counts of homicide by eventual intent and secured 150 days of pretrial detention.

The crash occurred at about 9 p.m. on March 30 on Route 56. Four people died at the scene: a two-year-old boy, a nine-year-old girl, a 28-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man. A 42-year-old man from the same family suffered “extremely serious injuries,” was taken to intensive care and died on Saturday, July 25.

Extremely serious injuries

· Official reportThe report described the injuries suffered by the fifth victim before his later death.

The collision involved two vehicles travelling west in the same direction. According to the official report, the pickup truck, which had only one occupant, struck the rear of a car carrying five passengers. The pickup driver, a 48-year-old man, escaped injury and recorded zero on a breath test.

After the impact, the pickup continued along the natural shoulder of the road, broke through a fence and entered a field. It travelled about 300 metres before stopping. The investigation remains open, with the prosecutor’s office working alongside its Victims and Witnesses Unit.

The violent collision occurred between two vehicles travelling in the same direction, from east to west.

· Official reportThe report summarized how the crash happened.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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