Latin America moment: Deliveryman fleeing a robbery crashes into and kills another motorcyclist

Merlo, Argentina

April 12, 2023

Last night, shortly after 20:40, Evelin Monzón, a 26-year-old woman with an address in the Buenos Aires town of Merlo, lost her life after becoming the involuntary protagonist of an act of insecurity in which she had nothing to do: she died when her motorcycle crashed head-on into a delivery driver who was trying to escape - also in a similar vehicle - from criminals who wanted to rob him. The victim died on the spot, the delivery was hospitalized and the thieves fled.

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According to judicial sources consulted by Infobae, the absurd tragedy that cost the young woman her life occurred in an area known as the five corners of the Campanilla neighborhood. The collision occurred at the intersection of Lafayette, Arredondo and Almirante Brown Streets, while Evelin was returning home from some shopping.

According to a video from a municipal camera, the young woman was hit head-on by the delivery driver's motorcycle, which caused both of them to fall in the middle of the street. Seconds later, the motorcycle on which the criminals were riding is observed, which, upon seeing the accident, escaped from the scene without concretizing the assault.

The case is currently being handled with complete secrecy by the UFI Nº4, whose head is Prosecutor Paula Salevsky. As it happened last night, the data that are known are very few. According to the judicial sources consulted by this means, the information that could be confirmed for the moment from the prosecutor's office is that “the delivery was the victim of an attempted robbery and in the flight of his attackers, he rammed the girl who was also coming on a motorcycle.”

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In that sense, they pointed out that the girl died seconds after the collision, while the delivery driver was hospitalized at the Eva Perón hospital. “The attackers fled. Everything is under investigation”" the source clarified. The file was classified as an attempted robbery and culpable homicide, while they are intensively looking for the motorcycle that caused the tragedy.

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