Horror As Influencer Models Die In Head-On Crash

A pair of model influencer friends who had a huge following in Spain have died and seven others were injured in a horror head-on holiday road crash.

Victims Micaela Trinidad and Maria Josefina Ferrero – both aged 27 – died instantly when their Ford Ka hit a VW Nivus being driven by a DJ.

The pair had been on holiday with friends in Punta del Este, Uruguay, when the crash happened on 4th January.

Micaela Trinidad (left) and Maria Josefina Ferrero (right) pose in undated photo. They died in a traffic accident in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where they went to celebrate the New Year, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (@josefina.ferrero/Newsflash)

Firefighters said the two friends – who each had tens of thousands of followers on Instagram – were found dead inside the car.

Two friends – identified as passengers Melanie Larraburu, 27, and Camila Palacios – were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Maria Josefina Ferrero poses in undated photo. She and Micaela Trinidad died in a traffic accident in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where they went to celebrate the New Year, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (@josefina.ferrero/Newsflash)

The driver of the VW, named in reports as event producer and DJ Nicolas Rocca, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to the same hospital.

Micaela Trinidad poses in undated photo. She and Maria Josefina Ferrero died in a traffic accident in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where they went to celebrate the New Year, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (@micatrini/Newsflash)

His passengers – named as Nazarena Sierra, Melina Antun, Juan Pablo Sentero, and Josefina Elissondo – sufered minor injuries.

Police are investigating the case.

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