Preliminary investigation reveals that the truck had crossed into the other lane whereas making an attempt to overhaul one other automobile.
A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on a freeway within the Bolivian Andes has killed 22 folks and injured 16 within the nation’s worst highway accident this yr, based on police.
Fourteen of the lifeless have been recognized up to now, police stated on Sunday, with Chile’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs saying there was a minimum of one Chilean nationwide amongst them.
Earlier, officers stated the drivers of each automobiles have been among the many lifeless.
The accident occurred on a highway between Bolivia‘s city of Patacamaya and the city of Tambo Quemado in northern Chile, based on Unitel channel.
The bus had been heading in the direction of Chile on the busy industrial and tourism route linking the 2 South American international locations.
The preliminary investigation confirmed that the truck had crossed into the other lane whereas making an attempt to overhaul a automobile, site visitors officer Nilo Torrico stated.
“This truck made a prohibited manoeuvre and, in consequence, we have now this unlucky accident,” he stated.
Photographs of the accident shared by Unitel confirmed the bus with its entrance part shattered and the smashed truck. Some our bodies have been seen on the highway.
First responders have been working to take away our bodies trapped within the destroyed automobiles, Torrico stated.
Bolivia sees about 1,400 site visitors deaths annually, authorities statistics present. Accidents are primarily as a consequence of poor driving and mechanical failures.
A collision on a busy highway in southwestern Bolivia on April 4 killed 14 folks and left two injured.
