24 killed by a terrible "palazo" between collective and truck in Bolivia | Chronic

At least 24 people have died and 15 have been injured, several seriously, in an accident Monday morning between a bus and a truck in the west of Bolivia, on a road linking Oruro to Potosí, sources said. . police

The director of transit of the Bolivian department of Oruro, Víctor Hugo Lizarazu, said the causes of the accident "they are being investigated"although he commented that the rain could be"an important factor for this result"

Lizarazu said that several of the wounded had been transferred to health centers in the city of Oruro ",Serious"

The preliminary police report indicates that the collision between the Trans Inca pbadenger bus and a "volqueta" or truck occurred around 4 am local time (5 in Argentina) at a time when visibility was bad because of the haze in the sky. between Poopó and Machacarca, and that 44 pbadengers, 41 pbadengers and three drivers took the bus.

The pbadenger car was part of the city of Villazón, on the border with Argentina, and was heading towards La Paz. The accident occurred on the same trip as almost a month ago, on January 19, at least 22 people died and 37 others were injured in the frontal collision of two buses.

According to official data, accidents on Bolivian roads have an average of 1,000 deaths per year and approximately 40,000 injuries.