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Marcelo Bielsa will not consider Estudiantes player Tiago Palacios for Uruguay's Copa America squad after he nearly killed a woman while drunk driving, according to reports.
Former Leeds boss Bielsa took charge of Uruguay last year, and has won six of first first 10 games.
However, midfielder Palacios will not be taking part in this summer's Copa America tournament following a truck crash while celebrating beating Velez Sarsfield to win the Argentine Primera Division final with his club.
Palacios, 23, lost control of his truck on Monday after the drunken celebrations and hit a fuel pump at a Shell service station in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Retiro, leaving three people requiring medical assistance with minor injuries, as confirmed by LA NACION.
The Estudiantes midfielder took a breathalyzer test after the incident, and the result was positive with 1.84 grams of alcohol per litre of blood, about three times what is legally permitted.
