A bus fell into a river in the south of Ecuador this Friday, April 12, and at least four people died, two minors among them, and ten others were injured, according to the Integrated Security Service (ECU 911).
For its part, the Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office indicated that the number of injured was 16.
The Minister of Sports, Andrés Guschmer, pointed out that a delegation from the Sports Federation from the province of Loja (south), who was going with family to a competition.
The traffic accident was recorded in the Oña sector, the border between the provinces of Loja and Azuay, indicated ECU 911, specifying that the information is still preliminary.
The traffic accident occurred in the Oña sector, the border between the provinces of Loja and Azuay. Photograph of the bus overturned on its side on a river bed.
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According to the Teleamazonas television channel, a woman was traveling on the private bus. Taekwondo entourage, who was heading to a competition in the city of Cuenca (south).
Nixon Alvarado, Oña Fire Chief, said that most of the passengers were minors, among them 10 and 16 yearsbut there were adults too.
“At the scene, the bodies are being removed so that the respective autopsies can later be performed. Evidence is also collected,” reported the Prosecutor's Office. For his part, the bus driver is in police custody, they added.
Other passengers were taken to health centers, including two “critically injured.”
ECU 911 coordinated with the National Police, the Ministry of Public Health and the Saraguro, Oña, Nabón and Cuenca Fire Department to respond to the traffic accident.
According to ECU 911, a call at 8:27 local time alerted emergency services about the overturning of a bus in the León River bridge sector on the Cuenca-Loja road, Oña sector, on the provincial border. .
The ECU 911 communication department included in its first report of the accident a photograph of the bus overturned on its side on the bed of a river with very little flow and large rocks.
The Minister of Sports, Andrés Guschmer, pointed out that a delegation from the Sports Federation was traveling in the accident vehicle.
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