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PNC agents suffer from traffic accident in Tajumulco, San Marcos; Three deceased and seven injured are reported.
PNC patrol that crashed in Tajumulco, San Marcos. (Free Press Photo: Departmental Municipal Firefighters)
The departmental municipal firefighters reported that on Wednesday, April 9, for reasons that are still unknown, a self -patrol of the National Civil Police (PNC), with at least 10 agents on board, became injured in sector 2 of the Tolá, Tajumulco village, San Marcos.
They added that in the place three agents lost their lives and seven were injured.
The injured uniformed are being transferred in different units to the emergence of the San Marcos National Hospital.
Serious traffic accident leaves several police officers who died and injured, the PNC reported on social networks.
He added that the HU-140 unit fell to a hollow.
The police unit was destroyed by the accident.
Lifeguards added that the police unit fell into a ravine about 75 meters deep.
They indicated that the agents were expelled from the vehicle and a failure in the brake system would have caused the tragedy.
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Preliminary
Serious traffic accident leaves several police officers who died and injured.
Fact occurred this morning in the jurisdiction of Aldea Tolá 1, Tajumulco, San Marcos where the HU-140 unit fell to a hollow.
Lifeguards appeared immediately. pic.twitter.com/ztwbflwnhf
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) April 9, 2025