Bolivia: At least 20 dead and 38 injured in a bus traffic accident

At least 20 people died and some 38 were injured in a traffic accident involving a bus in bolivianinformed this Thursday the departmental commander of the Police of CochabambaJorge Rios.

“We have 20 people who have died, unfortunately of these 20 people we have three who are children“said the police chief.

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The incident occurred the day before in the area known as localat kilometer 80 of the highway that connects the central department of Cochabamba with the eastern of Santa Cruz.

Ríos explained that the task of rescuing the bodies and caring for the 38 injured was extended until this morning and that the work of “full identificationof the victims.

“Preliminarily, we see that (the cause) has been the exit of the motorized road and as a consequence (there was) the encunetamiento” or lateral overturning of the vehicle on an unevenness of the platform, said Ríos.

The Police reported that 11 of the deceased are men and 9 women, while among the injured are from the elderly to a 4-month-old baby.

Ríos reported that a blood sample was taken from the driver to determine if he consumed alcohol and that the statements of the survivors are collected to have a version about the event.

The commander specified that several of the passengers were members of a folkloric fraternity.

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Around these days, the festivity of the Virgin of Urkupinareason why several musical ensembles and dancers from various parts of the country arrived in that region.

Accidents on Bolivian highways cause around 1,400 deaths and some 40,000 injuries each year, and are mostly due to human errors that can be prevented, according to official data.

Among the vehicles that mostly suffer serious accidents are motorcycles (4,236), wagons (1,665) and unionized transport minibuses (1,405), indicated the state insurer univeda.

Source: Elcomercio

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