Expert confirms "La Toretto" was travelling at 82 km/h when she killed motorcyclist in Buenos Aires
A mechanical engineer testified in the trial against Felicitas Alvite that she was travelling at 82 km/h and ran six red lights before hitting motorcyclist Rubén Armand.
Homicide trial: expert places Alvite at 82 km/h in fatal impact against Armand
A mechanical engineer assured the court that Felicitas Alvite, 23 years old, was travelling at "82 kilometres per hour" when she struck motorcyclist Rubén Walter Armand on 12 April 2024 at the intersection of calles 15 and 132 in Buenos Aires. According to cadena3.com, the expert also indicated that the driver had run "six red lights" before the impact.
The expert's testimony was given on Tuesday during the second day of the trial against Alvite, nicknamed "La Toretto", who faces charges of simple homicide with eventual malice. The penalties provided for that offence range from 8 to 25 years in prison.
Witnesses at Tuesday's hearing
Sources from the case informed Agencia Noticias Argentinas that, in addition to the mechanical engineer, Andrés Raggio, a member of the Expert Advisory Board of La Plata, two police officers and a doctor testified during the hearing. The session lasted until 2 p.m. with the presentation of witnesses connected to the procedural report that led to the seizure of electronic devices.
For Thursday, the presentation of experts from the Supreme Court of Buenos Aires Province is scheduled, who analysed digital communication between the parties. "Those are really important", investigators' representatives emphasised when consulted by this medium.
Alvite's words on the first day
At the opening of the trial, "La Toretto" apologised to Armand's family and spoke with evident emotion: "I carry the weight of having left a family broken; it's something I never imagined would happen to me in my life; I suffer as if it were the first day".
Regarding the nickname that made her publicly known, Alvite clarified: "Many things have been established based on a TikTok video in which I call myself La Toretto, but none of that is who I am. Many programmes have called me, but out of respect for the family I never spoke anywhere other than in this setting".
The young woman closed her testimony with the phrase "I would never hurt someone", although she had to suspend her statement before concluding it.
Source: Google News AR — Buenos Aires