Overview
- Doctors at the Hospital del Niño Jesús confirmed Thursday that Benjamín Olariaga had suffered brain death, a finding also affirmed by the provincial Health Ministry.
- The hospital says he remains on mechanical support until his heart stops, which is the standard protocol in brain-death cases.
- Clinicians detailed a severe traumatic brain injury treated with emergency neurosurgery, with massive bleeding and intracranial pressure that did not respond to medication.
- The crash occurred on a section of the Horco Molle network known as Dark Gomero near San Javier, according to local reports.
- Witnesses and a relative said he wore no helmet and rode an older bike with faulty brakes, and they urged stricter checks on minors using the trails as his club and school issued condolences and suspended activities.