The athlete’s representative denounced his client’s consumption of alcohol to celebrate his birthday and support the victim’s family
The lawyer of Rodrigo Garro, the Corinthians player involved in a fatal accident in Argentina, has provided more details on what happened. According to David Divan, leaving the place where he was celebrating his birthday, the athlete did not see the motorcycle.
“He doesn’t drink alcohol regularly, he’s an elite athlete. It was his birthday, he had toasted on one or two occasions. He had gone home, to change, with a friend. He tried to turn around (in the street) and I couldn’t see the motorcycle,” he said.
According to the player’s legal representative, the victim had the lights of his motorcycle off. Furthermore, it highlighted the fact that Garro knew the region.
“Rodrigo (Garro) travels these roads regularly and is used to driving big trucks. What happened was an unexpected accident,” he commented.
David Divan also underlined that Rodrigo did not attempt to flee from the scene of the accident and remains at the disposal of justice. In fact, he commented that the player is worried about the victim’s family and is willing to help.
“From the first moment Rodrigo was at the disposal of justice and the family of Nicolás Chiaraviglio. He did not try to escape from the place”, he began.
“They haven’t spoken to the victim’s family yet, it’s all very recent, Rodrigo is worried in this sense, even Ricardo, his father, expressed to me his commitment to making us available. This happened in the early hours of Saturday. , but he will. We have taken this measure today to demonstrate that we are trying to collaborate with Justice, we will not hinder the investigations and we want everything to be clarified”, concluded David in an interview with the Argentine press.
The Rodrigo Garro case
Garro was driving a Dodge Ram and hit Nicolás Chiaraviglio, 30, who was traveling on a Guerrero 110 motorcycle. The player, in fact, tested positive for having ingested alcohol and was not seriously injured. The athlete was accused of manslaughter, but no aggravating circumstances were found due to the presence of alcohol in the blood, after all the quantity found was less than 1 gram.
Now Rodrigo Garro will await trial in freedom. There are no impediments for the midfielder to leave Argentina in the meantime. Therefore, Corinthians expects their player in the coming days to provide full support to the athlete at this time.
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