:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/75MYRWF3MZDUFLO3VEFQC36YIY.jpg "The drunk driver who hit and killed two motorcyclists in Mar del Plata refused to testify 1")
The drunk driver who was arrested after running over and killing two bikers on the coast of the city of Mar del Plata refused to testify this Sunday in the investigation into the road accident, in which he was previously determined that it was circulating, so less to 120 kilometers per hour at the time of the accident.
The defendant, identified as Fernando Martin Gonzalez39 years old and a tourist from the city of Buenos Aires, was charged with the crime of “double homicide with possible intent”due to the accident in the early hours of Saturday.
In this episode, according to the ongoing investigation, the driver allegedly drove at high speed and, at some point, struck the motorcycle on which he was traveling with his car. Mariana Juarez40 years and Roberto Nunez32 years old, died instantly.
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González was arrested after the accident, and on Sunday morning refused to provide an investigative statement before the investigating prosecutor, Rodolfo Mooreof the Culpable Crimes Functional Unit.
The driver was transferred early this Sunday to the courts of Mar del Plata from Penal Unit 44 of Batán, where he had been housed in the first instance, and chose not to say anything, after meeting with a private lawyer.
Court sources said the defendant spent the summer in the city with other friends and, according to preliminary estimates by investigators, managed his Volkswagen Golf at least 120 kilometers per hour near the La Costa roundabout and Avenida Constitución, in the heart of the spa town.
According to what was recorded by the security cameras of the Operations and Monitoring Center (COM) of the town, lost control after turning red at least one traffic light, collided with a pole and overturned.
Due to the rollover, the vehicle hit Juárez and Núñez, who were riding their motorcycles and lost their lives on the spot. However, in the images of the security cameras it is not possible to clearly appreciate the collision.
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According to the breathalyzer carried out a few minutes after the accident by the personnel of the municipal transport service, the driver had 1.96 grams of alcohol per liter of blood.
It should be remembered that the province of Buenos Aires does not allow driving with any degree of alcohol in the blood. zero tolerance law it provides for fines, arrest and withholding of license, and disqualification of those who fail to comply. In Mar del Plata, this regulation has been in effect for a long time: It was implemented in September 2018.
On the other hand, during the day the prosecutor Moure ordered a mechanical expertise which will be carried out next Thursday and the analysis of the security cameras of the zone, to specify the speed of the impact and the characteristics of the accident.
In addition, a chemical expertise will be carried out, based on the blood extraction carried out on the driver, which I was driving barefootas established.
A witness assured the portal 0223 that the protagonist of the disaster he was “gone” after the accident. “I told him several times that he had ruined two families and he was in shock. It seemed like he was playing the victim,” the young woman said, adding: “People wanted to kill him, they had to put him on patrol”. car.”
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