- the Argentine nationals Hernán Sibella; Maximilian Liviano; Silvia Díaz Gerónimo Amengual and Nahuel López died in a Sunday accident in Mexico
- The group was traveling in an SUV that slid down the road and collided with a van parked on the opposite side of the road.
- The driver of the truck, Freddy Quijano, was airlifted to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Five Argentine tourists died after their van crashed into a parked van and killed its driver on a highway linking two Mexican resort cities.
Quintana Roo Secretary of State Cristina Torres said the group was heading out sightseeing near Tulum and Playa del Carmen on Sunday when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The SUV skidded into the oncoming lane and collided with the van, which was parked on the shoulder of the highway near the Palladium Hotel.
The Argentine victims were identified as Hernán Sibella; Maximilian Liviano; Silvia Díaz Gerónimo Amengual and Nahuel López and declared dead at the scene.
Firefighters inspect the SUV that was transporting the five Argentine tourists who died on Sunday on a highway that connects Playa del Carmen and Tulum. The SUV crashed into a parked van, killing its driver.
Silvia Díaz (left) and her boyfriend Gerónimo Amengual (right), both Argentine nationals, were among the five tourists from the South American country who died in the accident.
Maximiliano Laviano was one of the five Argentine tourists killed in an accident that also left the driver of a Mexican van dead that collided with his SUV on a highway in Mexico.
Gruesome video footage showed several of the bodies lying on top of the wrecked SUB and others trapped inside.
Two occupants, whose names have not been released, were injured and rushed to a local medical center, where they remained hospitalized and in critical condition.
The driver of the truck, Freddy Quijano, was airlifted to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Dashcam video showed Quijano eating lunch inside the vehicle moments before he was killed.
The Argentine tourist Nahuel López had been staying in Playa del Carmen for a year
The driver of the truck, Freddy Quijano, was airlifted to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The Quintana Roo state prosecutor’s office said preliminary investigations indicated the accident was caused by inclement weather in the area.
“It can be determined… one of the drivers lost control of the vehicle, entering the oncoming lane, causing the accident,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador instructed Quintana Roo Governor Mara Lezama Espinosa to begin efforts to help families repatriate the remains of their loved ones.
“Our Argentine brothers and a Mexican lost their lives in this accident,” López Obrador said. ‘I want the Argentine people to know that we are caring for those who unfortunately lost their lives.’
Paramedics lift one of the victims of the accident between two vehicles that left six dead, including five Argentine tourists, on the Playa del Carmen-Tulum highway on Sunday.
One of the two surviving Argentine tourists injured in the crash lies on a stretcher after he was pulled from the wreckage of the van moments after it crashed into a parked van.
Argentine news outlet Todo Noticias reported that López had previously visited Isla Mujeres in 2022 and had been staying in Playa del Carmen for more than a year.
López’s girlfriend, Macarena Hernández, paid tribute to him with a series of heartfelt posts on her Instagram Story while asking friends and followers to donate money to help his family bring his body back to Argentina.
‘I love you with my soul. I will take you with me forever, reads Hernández’s caption in one of the publications.
The heartbroken model shared a video showing some of the couple’s special moments.
“Thank you for teaching me what love is,” he said. ‘Thank you for being part of my life and I know you will stay with me forever.’
Amengual and Díaz dated and had stayed in Playa de Carmen, where Díaz worked as a dancer and acrobat.
‘One year already living in the Caribbean. Grateful to Mexico,’ said Díaz’s last post on December 12, 2023. ‘Always accompanied by my love Gerónimo.’