Overview
- The rider, traveling Tuesday afternoon in Mar del Plata, said she felt sudden numbness in her hands, feet, and legs and throat pain minutes into a trip on Avenida Rivadavia, then fled with her one-year-old when the car slowed.
- She reported seeing the driver make a bending motion, chose not to ask him to stop, jumped to the street, and ran to the corner of Rivadavia and Francia to seek help.
- Neighbors assisted as she appeared in shock, and she says the driver left without helping and continued on with the door open; she later posted a warning video on social media and then deleted it.
- After she filed a police complaint, officers and the Naval Prefecture responded, and UFI No. 4 opened an averiguación de ilícito, a preliminary inquiry used to establish if any offense took place.
- Investigators are weighing a suspected phone or wallet theft, which police mentioned at the station, against the woman’s belief she was exposed to a substance, with no medical tests done at the time and no cause confirmed so far.