The world of the Argentine Rally is mourning after the news of his death Saints Arceluzan 18-year-old driver who competed in the last race held over the weekend and was killed several hours in a car accident.

It happened around 11:50 pm on Sunday, on route 14, when the young man He was on his way home from Córdoba to his hometown of Macachín, La Pampa. He was driving after participating in the competition where he reached the penultimate special speed section.

His vehicle -a VW Saveiro -was between kilometers 165 and 170. blow to the head with a black Toyota Hilux and, as a result of the powerful collision, caused the death of the teenager, son of Luis Arceluz, another well -known pilot who also competed in the Cordovan city of Mina Clavero.

According to the police source, when firefighters and the ambulance arrived at the scene, Arceluz he was trapped and lifeless inside the cabin. A few minutes later, staff retrieved his body.

In this sense, investigators added that the vehicle he collided with was driven by a 50-year-old man, identified as Eduardo Antonio Molina, who was on his way to Mendoza.

In his case, he received medical help at Segundo Taladriz Hospital, but he only sustained a cut on his one leg from which he was discharged a few hours later. However, due to the accident, he was detained preventively.

Through his social networks, the Rally Argentino regretted the defeat of the young competitor and sent his condolences to his family and friends.

“All members of the Rally Argentino express their deepest condolences to the family, friends, and relatives of Santos Arceluz, category pilot who died early Monday morning as a result of a traffic accident on the route, while on his way home from competing … in the Argentina Rally, played with Mina Clavero “, they wrote.

And they added: “Our condolences to Luis, his father, also a Rally Argentino driver. We send you the strength to face this painful moment. QEPD,” concludes the statement from the organizing entity of the national championship.

The Cordobés Rally, meanwhile, did the same. Along with the photo of the victim with his father, they wrote: “Rally Cordobés accompanied Santos Arceluz’s family and friends to the illness. As a result of a road accident that occurred in the last hours of yesterday when he was returning from his participation to date for the Argentine and South American rally championships built in Mina Clavero, the young driver Santos Arceluz, a participant in the Cordobés Rally championship in the 2021 season, has died ”, they said.

Santos Arceluz’s career in the Rally

The driver from Pampas participated for the first time in a national Rally competition in 2021, when he was just 16 years old.

In a race held in Madariaga Santos made his first steps in national competition after competing in karting and made his rally debut in competition in Buenos Aires.

He did it in a Ford Fiesta of the RC5 class, the same one he used last weekend in the race that he had to leave in the penultimate speed special section.

His father, Luis, was a national champion in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the RC2N class.