A couple were found in each other’s arms in a final embrace after being killed on the way home from a wedding when devastating flash flooding trapped them in their car in Tucuman, northern Argentina.
Mariano Robles and Solana Albornoz were driving back from the wedding reception at around 1 a.m. on Sunday when their vehicle was swept into an irrigation ditch, trapping them inside, reported Jam Press.
Their white Nissan Versa was found upside down in the ditch close to the town of Tafi Viejo near the regional state capital San Miguel de Tucuman.
The couple’s lifeless bodies were found locked in an embrace inside the wreckage.
Mariano Robles (l) and Solana Albornoz were found embracing each other when they were killed in flash fl Jam Press The last known images of the couple alive show them happy and dancing with friends at the wedding.
They sent a message to their nanny, who was looking after their two young children, to say they were going to wait for the rain to ease up, shortly before their car flipped over.
Robles’ brother reported the couple’s disappearance on Sunday morning, and their vehicle was found by emergency workers hours later.
Jam Press An investigation into the circumstances leading up to their deaths is ongoing, reported local media.
Robles, who worked as a regional civil servant, and Albornoz, who worked for a state-run savings bank, leave behind two young children, ages 5 and 9 months.
A total of three people were killed in the Tucuman region on Saturday night, after a 12-year-old boy was reportedly electrocuted when he touched a utility pole while playing soccer with friends.
