Father of Undersecretary Pavez arrested after drunk collision with family cart in Lampa
The father of Interior Undersecretary Máximo Pavez was held in custody until Monday after colliding whilst intoxicated with a cart in Lampa. Three members of a family, including a minor, were injured.
High-ranking official's father to remain in custody following alcohol-related accident in Lampa
The father of Interior Undersecretary Máximo Pavez will remain in custody until Monday following a traffic accident in the early hours of Friday in the municipality of Lampa, according to biobiochile.cl. He was driving whilst intoxicated when he collided from behind with a horse-drawn cart in which a family of two adults and a minor were travelling. All three occupants were ejected and had to be taken to different healthcare centres in the capital.
The incident occurred near midnight in the northern zone of the Metropolitan Region. Carabineros arrived at the scene after receiving alerts about the injured being taken to a local health centre, finding the driver still at the site of the accident.
The chief prosecutor of Chacabuco, Gonzalo Álvarez, confirmed that the initial tests carried out on the accused showed evidence of intoxication. "It is still part of the investigation, but it falls within the classification of driving whilst intoxicated," the prosecutor stated, adding that the extension of custody aims to "gather the greatest amount of evidence in order to make the communication and respective precautionary request".
During the custody review hearing, the court declared the procedure lawful and accepted the Public Prosecutor's request to extend detention for three days. The measure will allow the dynamics of the collision to be established with greater precision and, in particular, to ascertain the severity of the victims' injuries, information that will be determining for the precautionary measures that the Public Prosecutor's Office will request.
The formalisation of charges against the accused has been set for this Monday at 11:00 hours, the instance in which the Public Prosecutor will communicate the charges attributed to him.
When asked about what had occurred, Undersecretary Pavez stated that at the time of speaking he had not yet been able to contact his father, although he assured that, according to the information he had, he was doing well. The official was emphatic in distancing the case from his role in the Executive and appealed to the principle of equality before the law.
"My father is well, there is a situation that is being investigated and what is appropriate is equality before the law and, therefore, I, as soon as I can, will be able to contact my father, because he is my dad, but in no case is this a matter that has anything to do with the Interior Undersecretary Office, nor does it have anything to do with any other activity linked to the Government," Pavez stated.
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