At least thirteen people died and three others were injured this Friday after the head-on collision of a truck and a minibus-type vehicle on the highway that connects the Bolivian regions of La Paz and Oruro.
The accident occurred in the afternoon near the Ajoya community, about 64 kilometers from the city of La Paz, the departmental director of La Paz Transit, Colonel Marco Céspedes, explained to the media. “The minibus was making the journey from Oruro to La Paz and was surprised by this van that collided head-on,” said Céspedes. The crash left “13 people dead, of which, five are men, six are women and we have two children. “We are working to identify them,” he explained. In addition, two men and a child who were injured were helped by civilian and police personnel and then taken to a hospital in the city of El Alto, neighboring La Paz.
The first to receive the report of the event were the police officers from a nearby checkpoint, while the technical staff of the Accident Investigation Division moved to the scene later to carry out “the investigative actions and inform the prosecutor, and he jurisdictional authority,” he added. Céspedes pointed out that the investigation is ongoing, so there are no further details about the event.
Accidents on the roads Bolivian They cause around 1,400 deaths and around 40,000 injuries each year.and are mostly due to human failures that can be prevented, according to official data.
