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Victim of Falling Balcony Glass in Buenos Aires Gives First Account as Negligence Probe Advances

Prosecutors have opened a negligence probe following the removal of a second unstable panel.

Overview

  • On December 13 at Ciudad de la Paz 300, a glass panel fell from a fourth-floor balcony onto a man seated outside a café, and SAME transported him to Hospital Pirovano with head and forearm lacerations.
  • The victim, Pablo Daniel Balestreri, 50, says he received about 30 stitches to the head and surgery for a severed tendon in his left arm, and he remains in rehabilitation with ongoing pain.
  • City firefighters accessed the unoccupied apartment linked to the incident and removed a second damaged blindex panel as a safety measure.
  • The Unidad de Flagrancia Norte, led by prosecutor Amanda Berstein, is investigating the cause and potential negligence, while reports differ on the apartment owner’s whereabouts.
  • Café staff applied tourniquets before emergency crews arrived, and viral security-camera footage of the impact has renewed focus on building upkeep and inspection rules.