Overview
- Alejandro Morillas encountered the wreck while returning from the Laguna del Diamante season opening via a secondary route.
- He provided first aid at the scene and directed a staffer to find cellphone signal to alert the Servicio Coordinado de Emergencias.
- An ambulance and police reached the site, the motorcyclist was stabilized at Hospital Tagarelli, then transferred to Hospital Scaravelli for higher‑complexity care.
- Officials reported the tourists are out of immediate danger, with the man suffering fractures to ribs, shoulder and clavicle.
- The episode underscores emergency‑response vulnerabilities on rural Mendoza roads, with inhospitable terrain and low temperatures hindering timely communication and transport.