June 14, 2026 at – 11:44
A 23-year-old young man died after a vehicle overturned near the Asunción Bus Station. The driver, who was uninjured, claimed that he missed a pothole; However, the Police found alcohol inside the car and the alcohol test tested positive. The passenger, who was not wearing a seat belt, ended up being the fatal victim.
A traffic accident claimed the life of a young man this Sunday on the Fernando de la Mora avenuein the vicinity of the Asunción Bus Station. A gray vehicle overturned after losing control and, as a consequence of the turns, the companion died on the spot.
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The driver of the vehicle was unharmed and was immediately arrested. Although the motorist tried to justify the maneuver by saying that made a sudden swerve to avoid a potholethe Police deny this version and They report the discovery of bottles of alcoholic beverages inside the wheel. The case was in charge of the fiscal agent on duty, Taiz Garcia.
The car rolled several times and crushed the victim.
Antonio Lopezfrom the 7th Police Station in Asunción, provided preliminary details of the accident. The car was guided by Pedro Paniagua, 26 years olda resident of the Nazareth neighborhood of the capital, who was traveling accompanied by Adrián Sánchez, approximately 23 years oldresident of the city of Villa Elisa.
“According to the driver’s statements, he tried to avoid a pothole and it came to ‘cordoning’, but there are no potholes on the track,” he said.
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He also stated that witnesses stated that the vehicle was moving at high speed and that, after impacting the curb, it went between two and three turns on the avenue. Apparently, the deceased was not wearing a seat belt.
Evidence of alcohol and positive alcohol test
The uniformed officers found that inside the overturned car there were several bottles of alcoholic beverages.
Paniagua told the police that the victim was his friend and that the trip began simply because he had asked her to pick him up from his home.
The 26-year-old was taken to Highway Patrol headquarters in San Lorenzo to undergo the alcohol test. Finally, the result was positive, with a concentration of alcohol of 0.708 mg/L.
