Texting blamed in crash that kills three teens

Yesterday morning a 20 year old journalism student identified as Juan Perez killed three teenagers when he crashed into a supermarket located in Las Condes. The police officers involved affirmed that “clearly there is something external that caused the crash” and that they found a “Blackberry device set in the texting mode” which belonged to Perez who lost the control of his car while texting as officers confirmed.

The three teenagers killed were identified as Paola Passalacqua (18), Paula Campos (13) and Pedro Flores (17). The three of them were waiting for their mothers to come pick them up outside of Montecarlo supermarket located in the intersection of Av. Las Condes and Charles Hamilton when Perez unexpectedly crashed against them.

The forensic investigation showed that Perez not only was driving under the influence of alcohol, but also he went over the speed limit of the area (50 kilometers per hour). Chief officer Jaime Burgos from Las Condes police department confirmed that “Perez must have been doing something else that distracted him while driving and made him lose the control of the vehicle”, a Peugeot 206.

The evidence confirmed that Perez was carrying a Blackberry phone set in the texting mode, which was found near the corpses while the forensics were analyzing the scenery for clues. People surrounding the place couldn’t confirm that he was texting but confirmed that “he was listening to loud music and seemed to have lost the control of the car”.

The journalism student claimed himself as innocent, but the parents of P.P, P.C and P.F claimed that they would press charges against him besides the ones imposed by the public system of justice, and not only for driving irresponsibly and under the influence of alcohol, but also for murder.

Perez told the police officers that he was “driving carefully and never took a glance off of the road”, but the evidence speaks against him. Witnesses who saw the crash confirmed that “he was speeding and driving from side to side of the road” and also that “the crash was fast and the kids died as soon as it happened…the place was a blood bath”.

Perez is waiting to be prosecuted next Tuesday for three different charges imposed to him by the municipal authorities: murder, driving irresponsibly and under the influence of alcohol. Besides the 20 year old will not only have to pay the damages caused to the supermarket but also millionaire fines to pay the damage made to the public property.