A young couple is found dead in each other’s arms after their car is swept away in a flash flood during a violent storm.
Mariano Robles, 28, and Solana Albornoz, 32, were heading home to their children after attending a wedding in Tafi Viejo, northern Argentina.
But the journey ended tragically when extreme weather forced them to move on.
The couple sent a message to their grandmother explaining that they planned to wait for the rain to subside before driving away.
This was the last time anyone heard from him.
Just a few hours earlier, Mariano and Solana were seen dancing happily with friends at the reception.
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They left the festival around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, unaware that it would be their last visit.
Back home, their children – aged five and nine months – were expecting their parents to return by morning.
When he did not arrive, worried relatives and wedding guests posted alerts on social media.
Mariano’s brother went to the police station early Sunday morning and reported him missing – prompting a search.
A few hours later, the couple’s white Nissan Versa was found upside down in an irrigation ditch.
Investigators believe flash flooding pulled the vehicle off the road and into a ditch, where it overturned and landed.
Rescue workers found heartbreaking scenes inside the car, where people were seen clinging to each other in a final embrace.
Emergency personnel later recovered the lifeless bodies of Mariano and Solana from the debris.
The horrific discovery comes as heartbreaking final photographs of the couple alive were revealed.
In the photos he is seen dancing and laughing with friends at the wedding, just hours before the tragedy.
Mariano worked as a civil servant, while Solana was employed at the state-run savings bank Caja Popular de Ahorros.
Authorities have now started investigating the deaths.
The devastating storm took another life in the Tucumán region on Saturday night.
Lisandro, 12, reportedly died of electric shock after touching a utility pole in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán while playing soccer with friends.

