A couple was found dead in each other’s arms after their car was washed away by a flash flood during a storm.
Mariano Robles, 28, and Solana Albornoz, 32, were returning home to their children after a wedding in Tafí Viejo, northern Argentina, when extreme weather forced them to pull over.
They sent a message to their nanny, explaining they intended to wait for the rain to pass before resuming the drive – but that was the final time they were heard from.
Mr Robles and Ms Albornoz were last seen dancing happily at the reception, before they set off at around 1 am on Sunday morning.
Their children, aged five and nine months, were expecting to wake up to their parents back home in the morning.
When they failed to turn up, worried relatives and guests from the wedding posted alerts on social media.
Mariano’s brother went to the police station early on Sunday morning to report their disappearance.
Hours later, their white Nissan Versa was discovered upside-down in an irrigation ditch – with the couple inside.
Mariano Robles, 28, and Solana Albornoz, 32, were found dead in each other’s arms after becoming trapped in their car
The couple were returning home to their two young children – and their final communication was a text to their nanny
The pair were last seen enjoying themselves at the wedding reception, which they left around 1 am
It transpired that a flash flood had dragged the car towards the ditch, where it overturned and fell in.
Emergency workers recovered Mariano and Solana’s lifeless bodies locked in an embrace inside the wreckage.
In the last known images of the couple alive, they can be seen dancing merrily with friends at the wedding reception.
Mariano had worked as a civil servant, while his wife worked for the state-run savings bank Caja Popular de Ahorros.
An investigation into their deaths has been launched.
A third person was confirmed to have been killed by the storm in the Tucumán region on Saturday night.
Lisandro, 12, was reportedly electrocuted to death after touching a utility pole in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán while playing football with friends.
