A serious accident on Ruta Acceso Sur in Itá left four women injured after a truck collided with and dragged their car into a drainage ditch. Two elderly women were hospitalized with suspected fractures.
Ruta PY01
Carretera principal en Paraguay que conecta Asunción con el sur del país.
The president of the Social Insurance Institute (IPS) announced the removal of over 800 medicines acquired without justification, as part of a spending reduction plan. The measure was presented at a press conference and aims to eliminate obsolete items from the stock.
A Paraguayan Navy sub-officer, with 0.780 mg/L of alcohol in his blood, lost control of his car on Route PY01 (former South Access), invaded the opposite lane, and violently crashed into a Scania truck. No one was seriously injured.
A woman killed her 7-year-old son and then committed suicide in Lambaré, leaving a letter attributing the act to alleged sexual abuse by the father. The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that the complaint was never confirmed: a medical examination found no injuries and the child was unable to recount the facts.
An intoxicated Army non-commissioned officer lost control of his vehicle on PY 01 route and collided with a grain truck. The accident, which occurred in the early hours of this Monday, resulted only in material damage. Meanwhile, the president of IPS, Isaías Fretes, presented the results of the vademecum review, announcing the elimination of about a thousand items considered unnecessary.
President Santiago Peña toured the construction site of Avenida Avelino Martínez in San Lorenzo this Saturday (16) and highlighted that the intervention prioritizes deep drainage and rigid pavement, after 40 years of chronic flooding and deterioration problems.