2023-09-22 13:30:24
The General Secretariat of the Army confirmed the identities of the four members of the force who died this Thursday afternoon, when the truck in which they were transported, for reasons that are being investigated, overturned on a sharp curve on Route 62. near San Martín de los Andes, according to the local site lmneuquen.com.
“The Argentine Army reports that unfortunately four members of this unit died as a result of the injuries suffered: First Corporal Christian Gonzalez; Cape Martin Roman; Private Volunteer Oscar Morales, and Private Volunteer Guadalupe Canuillan“, they indicated through a press release after 8:30 p.m.
“In this difficult moment, the Argentine Army expresses its condolences and accompanies the family and loved ones of the deceased personnel in their condolences,” they added.
These are the members of the land force who suffered a road accident this afternoon when they were aboard a truck from the 4th Mountain Exploration Cavalry Regiment. It was during the return to the B Mounted Squadron staff headquarters, after having carried out an operational training activity near Lake Lolog.
Of the 22 soldiers traveling in the truck, four died on the spot, while nine were transferred to the Dr. Ramón Carrillo hospital and the other nine to the Chapelco Clinic.
The Ministry of Health of the Province of Neuquén reported that the ages of the soldiers injured this afternoon are between 19 and 39 years old. In addition to the four deceased, two of the nine people transferred to the Chapelco Clinic are in intensive care; Of the nine soldiers admitted to the Ramón Carrillo Hospital in San Martín de los Andes, two were discharged, while three are in intensive care; one was referred to the Castro Rendón Hospital in the city of Neuquén.
Civil Protection, Army Rescue units, SIEN and Ramón Carrillo Hospital personnel, and police and Firefighters personnel participated in the operation. They noted that the local Mental Health team is accompanying the families of the deceased, as well as the people who were hospitalized and their families. “We deeply regret this tragedy and we accompany all the people involved in this difficult moment,” they expressed from the Health portfolio.
In addition, they released the official list of the wounded from the 4th Mountain Exploration Cavalry Regiment:
*Sergeant Gonzalo Ledesma
*Sergeant Claudio Manqui
*Sergeant Emiliano Linder
*First Corporal Fernando Ramos (Medical discharge)
*First Corporal Santiago Barrera
*Corporal First Marcos Steinhaus
*First Corporal Oscar Jaramillo
*Corporal Alejandra Romero
*Volunteer Soldier Brian Cariman
*Volunteer Soldier Alexis Aqueveque
*Volunteer Soldier Santiago Vázquez
*Volunteer Soldier Agustina Sandoval
*Volunteer Private Jonathan Epullan
*Volunteer Soldier Mauricio Cheuquepan
*Volunteer Private Jerson Irusta
*Volunteer Soldier Fabián Gueche
*Volunteer Soldier Michael Medina
*Volunteer Soldier Morena Bianchero
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