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Colomi bus crash
2021 disaster in Bolivia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Colomi bus crash took place on 2 March 2021, when a bus traveling along Route 7 between the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, fell into an abyss,[3] the accident caused 21 deaths[4][5] and 17 injuries.[2] The bus was carrying students from the Universidad Pública de El Alto, which had suffered another tragedy that same day, when a balcony collapsed at the college during a protest.
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Accident
The accident took place at kilometer 72 of Route 7, the precipice where the tragedy happened was 150 meters.[3] The incident took place at 1 in the morning,[2][3] in the area of Cañadón[2] in Colomi, near Ivirgarzama.[1] Trans Carrasco was the company that owned the bus.[1]
Rescue
The Bolivian Air Force came to rescue the dead and wounded and was supported by the Bolivian National Police.[1] The wounded were transferred to health centers in Colomi, Sacaba and Cochabamba.[1] Colonel Helsner Torrico Valdez of the Bolivian police reported that 20 people died and 13 were left injured.[3] Among the survivors was Bolivian aviation technician Erwin Tumiri, who in 2016 also survived LaMia Flight 2933.[4][5] Later, the Bolivian government identified that, of the 45 passengers, 21 had died and 17 were wounded.[2]
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