These two young women were hit by a drink-driver while out celebrating a birthday leaving one of them dead and the other braindead.

Brenda Joubert, 22, whose birthday the pair were celebrating, was declared dead and her best friend Melany Dalmau, 21, has been declared brain dead after the horrific incident outside a nightclub in the town of El Talar, Buenos Aires Province, on Sunday, 20th November.

The pair had been dancing with two friends when they left the club. They were hit by the vehicle, which did not stop, leaving the two young woman, who had been best friends for years, lying in the street.

The suspect, named as Matias Leonardo Martinez, 31, reportedly fled the scene in his Citroen C3 before turning himself in a few hours later, with the authorities still detecting almost triple the legal amount of alcohol in his blood.

The suspect told police officers that he had “lost control” of the vehicle.

Martinez has been remanded in custody and is expected to be charged with two counts of homicide once Melany is taken off life support.

The investigation, which is ongoing, is being handled by prosecutor Maria Virginia Toso.