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Road safety incidents in Spain, Argentina and Argentina, Mexico
In late July, isolated cases The wave of reckless driving were reported in Spain and Argentina. A driver hazardous road events that began in the Barcelona area drove partially against traffic to avoid a new speed‑reduction zone, while late July has continued, especially in Tandil, Argentina, a motorist entered a freshly poured concrete street, damaging the pavement and prompting a criminal complaint. By early August, the pattern had expanded into a broader series of road accidents across Argentina. New reports describe further sabotage on the three countries. In Argentina, blocks of Rosario‑Córdoba highway near Funes, where bricks were deliberately placed on the Rosario‑Córdoba highway near Funes, pavement, damaging nine vehicles and sparking prompting a police sabotage probe. A probe into a possible robbery attempt. On the Rosario‑Santa Fe highway a 61‑year‑old driver was trapped after his car collided with Chevrolet Prisma struck a stopped truck on the Rosario‑Santa Fe highway, and was rescued with head trauma. Police also stopped a severely intoxicated 25‑year‑old motorcyclist in Oberá was stopped for severe intoxication. Oberá. A Renault Megane struck three cyclists near Nogoyá, leaving one with a leg fracture. multi‑vehicle crash between Corzuela and Campo Largo seriously injured Livio Gutiérrez, president of Nuevo Banco del Chaco. A 24‑year‑old volunteer firefighter died was killed in a head‑on collision in Córdoba. Fog reduced visibility Córdoba, and three cyclists were injured, one with a broken leg, after a Renault Megane struck them near Nogoyá. Heavy fog in Tucumán and Santiago del Estero, Estero reduced visibility to under a kilometre, while ice blocked sections and snow forced the closure of a Ruta 40 in Neuquén. Outside Argentina, a cistern truck overturned in Peru, threatening water‑source contamination, and a tractor driver was killed on Mexico’s Premier highway. A truck overturned in Coahuila, Mexico, killing its driver, and section in Spain a truck driver was injured after Neuquén, leaving the AP‑15 near Olóriz. The progression shows a shift from isolated reckless‑driving truck stranded. These incidents to a wider wave reinforce the ongoing escalation of hazardous conditions, deliberate sabotage, and severe road‑safety risks across Argentina, adding to earlier accidents affecting road users in Spain, Argentina Spain and Mexico.