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Taxi driver suffers stroke at the wheel, runs over tourists and one of them dies

Las jóvenes se encontraban en Buenos Aires por un programa de intercambio académico.
The young women were in Buenos Aires for an academic exchange program.

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For: Real America News Updated 08 May 2022, 04 : 46 pm EDT

A taxi driver lost control of his car after suffering a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) while driving in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing a group of five women, among 23 Y 25 years old, all of French nationality, were hit by the vehicle. Three were injured, one of them died in hospital.

After the personal accident of police and health of the city, arrived at the place, where they found the young women lying on the avenue and the unbalanced taxi driver on the ground a few meters further on.

A video emerged of the later moment in which the taxi driver who suffered a stroke, collided with several people in the Palermo neighborhood, leaving two tourists hospitalized, and one person dead. pic.twitter.com/bhjSmeeWfp

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The women and the driver were assisted by health personnel in the area and taken to the Rivadavia and Fernández hospitals.

In the hospital, the young women were diagnosed with injuries such as: polytrauma in the shoulder, head trauma with fracture and pelvic fracture.

One of the young identified as Lwana Margaux Adrienne Bichet, of 23 years, was operated on at Hospital Fernández, who suffered a skull fracture with internal bleeding and injuries to one of the shoulders, died as a result of cardiorespiratory arrest.

On the other hand, her two friends also hospitalized, are reported stable and are They are under observation since they also suffered fractures and minor polytraumatisms.

The young women were in Argentina for a pprogram of exchange uuniversity. Lwana was studying business administration.

In addition to the victims, this event also caused material damage to at least three cars that collided with at the time of the accident.

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