Due to a serious traffic accidentwhich resulted in four fatalities and several injuries on the Sucre – Potosí route in the Puente Mendez area in the last hours of Sunday, the road and security authorities of the Municipality of Potosí asked him to the Boca and Conmebol delegations that move in the early hours of Thursday to Sucre.
In this way, the team’s logistical plan will undergo last-minute modifications, since the idea was to leave as soon as the match that will be played on Wednesday, starting at 9:00 p.m., against Nacional de Potosí, in the debut of the Copa Sudamericana, ends.
Tragedy
A company micro Transtin Dil Rey ran aground after colliding with another vehicle in a community near Yotala, this Sunday night, when completing the Potosí-Sucre route, leaving four people dead – three women (including a 6-year-old girl) and the driver. of the micro- and 36 injured.
According to an official report from the “Mejillones” Departmental Fire Department, the accident occurred near the Santa Rosalía community, Puente Méndez area, at approximately 8:15 p.m.
According to data collected by the CORREO DEL SUR newspaper, the cause of the collision between the bus and the car, which was traveling in the opposite direction, It would have been a lane invasion. After the impact, the public vehicle ran aground 20 to 30 meters, on its right side, while the lead-colored car was left on the shoulder of the road.
Road Accident: what happened to those who were on board the bus
Oscar Oña, head of the Medical Emergency Coordination Center, reported that Four people, three women and one man, lost their lives. Additionally, he said 36 other people were injured.
Of that last number, 12 passengers were admitted to the Santa Bárbara Hospital Emergency Room, as confirmed by the head of that unit, Marcelo Valdivia.
He explained that the first patients who arrived at the Sucre hospital did so in private vehicles, which caused the beds to fill up quickly.
About minutes later the ambulances arrived with the most serious patients, the injured whose health was not compromised were referred to other hospital centers or left on their own after receiving treatment for minor injuries.
This ttragic accident impacted the Boca delegation who will surely have to postpone his return to the country, starting from Potosí in broad daylight.
Source: Ambito
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