Argentina’s Transport Minister Mario Meoni has died in a traffic accident about 70 miles)west of Buenos Aires.

Reuters reports the accident occurred when Meoni was driving alone during a storm to Junin, his home city.

“With his death, Argentina loses a thorough, tireless and honest politician and an exemplary official,” President Alberto Fernández said in a statement.

Meoni, 56, was married with two children. He had been transport minister since December 2019, when Fernandez assumed the presidency.

(Picture – Wikipedia)