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Firefighters serve injured and trapped in accident at kilometer 94 of the Inter -American Route. Three deceased people are reported.
Extra -urban bus crashed into the trailer in km 94 of the Inter -American Route. (Free Press Photo: Courtesy Víctor Chamalé)
Departmental municipal firefighters reported that on Tuesday, June 17, a traffic accident was recorded at kilometer 94 of the Inter -American Route.
They indicated that, in the place, an extra -urban transport bus overturned and a heavy transport vehicle was also involved.
They pointed out that they stabilized and transferred 10 patients, five in a delicate state. The injured were taken to the Tecpán Guatemala hospital.
They added that, in the place, they work with vehicle extrication equipment to release two people trapped under the bus.
Three dead women
Firefighters added that in the place three women lost their lives because of the accident.
The collective transport unit obstructs two lanes and the passage of vehicles is complicated in both directions of the route.
Several of the passengers have been treated in the place for suffering nervous breakdown.
The Sinaloa Transport Bus was heading from the West to the capital when the tragedy occurred.
According to the preliminary information, for reasons that are ignored the bus overturned and the trailer that circulated in its lane could not stop the march due to the weight of the load and both collided.
A doctor from Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango, reported that they have received 10 injured, two in critical condition and eight are under observation.
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With information from Víctor Chamalé