Two separate road accidents on Thursday, 9 July, resulted in the deaths of two young women on different continents. In the Argentine capital, a 24-year-old motorcycle passenger was killed in the Pompeya neighbourhood, while in western Russia, a 15-year-old girl died following a three-car collision in the Kursk region.

According to the Buenos Aires city police, the Argentine crash occurred at the intersection of Avenida Perito Moreno and Agustín de Vedia. A motorcycle carrying two women collided with a Citroën Berlingo utility vehicle. The passenger, aged 24, died at the scene despite resuscitation attempts by emergency services, the Noticias Argentinas news agency reported. The driver of the motorcycle sustained minor injuries and was taken to Hospital Penna, while the driver of the utility vehicle was unharmed.

In Russia’s Kursk region, the regional interior ministry confirmed that a Daewoo Nexia driven by an 18-year-old man veered into oncoming traffic on the Konyševka–Makaro-Petrovskoe road. It struck a Toyota carrying first deputy governor Alexander Chepik, who was travelling on a work visit, before colliding with a Chevrolet that had been following the Toyota. The 15-year-old sister of the Nexia’s driver, who was a passenger in that car, suffered severe injuries and later died in hospital. Governor Alexander Khinshtein expressed condolences and said the girl’s brother remained under medical care. Two journalists from a local newspaper, who were in the Chevrolet, received outpatient treatment.

Russian authorities stated that Chepik, who was in the passenger seat of the Toyota, was not physically hurt. The governor said he had contacted the regional police chief immediately after the crash and that an investigation would establish the full circumstances, noting that the vehicles were equipped with dashboard cameras. No official assessment of fault has been released, though preliminary police accounts cited by Russian media indicate the Nexia driver lost control and crossed into the opposite lane.

Both incidents remain under investigation by local authorities. In Buenos Aires, firefighters and emergency medical personnel attended the scene, while in Kursk, police have launched a formal inquiry and promised a legal assessment of the drivers’ actions.