Ecuador: At least one dead and 7 injured after bus accident

At least one person died and another seven were injured this Friday when a bus fell on the banks of a river in the Andean province of Imbabura, located in the north of Ecuadorreported the Integrated Security Service (ECU 911) based on data from the National Police.

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A source from ECU 911 told EFE that the accident occurred in the Intag area, in Aguagrum and specified that the public service bus fell “He made the river from the track, from a considerable height.”

The event was recorded at 07:19 local time (12:19 GMT), on the road that leads to the parish of Peñaherrera, in the Cotacachi canton.

ECU 911 coordinated the presence of personnel and units from the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), National Police (PPNN), Movidelnor Civil Traffic Agents (ACT) and the Cotacachi Fire Department (CB), who have already They are in the place executing the work of attention of this emergency.

the wounded “They are being treated and stabilized on site, while through the management of the Apuela Parish Government, some residents of the sector are also supporting the transport of minor injuries to the nearest Health Center”said ECU 911, in a first report on the accident.

Source: Elcomercio

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