A unusual accident occurred this Thursday in Cordova after a bus – without passengers or driver – crashes into a kiosk, running over two womenone 74 and another 56 years old. Both received assistance at the Emergency Hospital, and a possible failure in the unit’s brakes is being investigated.
The event took place on the corner of Chacabuco and Boulevard Illia, in the province of Córdoba, around 12 noon. According to police sources, the driver of the Ersa company transport He had descended with the passengers almost 50 meters from the place due to a mechanical failure.
Furthermore, details of the investigation revealed that, at some point, The bus moved forward and ran over two women who were walking through the area.who were trapped beneath it. Fortunately, none of the wounds were reached by the wheels of the unitwhich continued on and hit a traffic light and embedded itself in the roof of a kiosk.
Meanwhile, they assured that the injured women are conscious, although one of them presented a superficial injury to the head. In addition, The business suffered some damage at the entrance due to the impact of the bus, which is being investigated if it ran out of brakes when the journey began.
In addition, Commissioner Iván Rey commented: ”For some reason, he loses sight of the bus, which dIt is controlled and goes down through Chacabuco and at the height of Illia crosses the pedestrian pathruns over two older women and ends up practically embedding himself in the kiosk on the same corner,” in dialogue with The Voice of the Interior.
Recent close history
It should be noted that the incident occurred a few blocks from the tragic event that occurred in September, when a motorist lost control of his vehicle in the heart of the capital, resulting in the attack of at least 35 people, of whom 15 were injured and A woman suffered the amputation of one of her legs.
The accident also occurred at noon, but in the Chacabuco Avenuenear the intersection with San Jerónimo, when the driver of a Toyota Corolla Hybrid car, He deviated from the asphalt, climbed onto the sidewalk and ran over several pedestrians.as well as colliding with six other vehicles, causing damage.
The 68-year-old driver was taken to a hospital in custody after his vehicle It will travel at about 110 kilometers per hour. The man declared who had an alleged brake failureand it was later discovered that he had already had another accident in 2023 where He almost ran over a woman.
Source: Ambito
