Numerous foreigners among the casualties of Bolivian bus crash
- 10 years ago
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Rescue crews worked frantically to extricate the victims of a deadly bus crash on a Bolivian highway.
At least ten people were killed and more than 20 injured when the bus overturned on a stretch of road about 180 miles south of La Paz.
The head of the local traffic department said many of the victims are foreigners.
ORURO, BOLIVIA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2014) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ORURO FIRE DEPARTMENT - ACCESS ALL)
5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLONEL AND HEAD OF TRAFFIC IN ORURO, JULIO ALARCON, SAYING:
"The people injured in this unfortunate event include 11 Bolivians and 11 foreigners: two Italians, one Indian, one Canadian, one Austrian, two Brazilians, two Germans and two Chileans. Regarding the people who died, there were two Bolivians and eight foreigners: three Italians, three Swiss, one Australian and one Peruvian."
The bus was carrying about 40 passengers when the accident happ
Rescue crews worked frantically to extricate the victims of a deadly bus crash on a Bolivian highway.
At least ten people were killed and more than 20 injured when the bus overturned on a stretch of road about 180 miles south of La Paz.
The head of the local traffic department said many of the victims are foreigners.
ORURO, BOLIVIA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2014) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ORURO FIRE DEPARTMENT - ACCESS ALL)
5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLONEL AND HEAD OF TRAFFIC IN ORURO, JULIO ALARCON, SAYING:
"The people injured in this unfortunate event include 11 Bolivians and 11 foreigners: two Italians, one Indian, one Canadian, one Austrian, two Brazilians, two Germans and two Chileans. Regarding the people who died, there were two Bolivians and eight foreigners: three Italians, three Swiss, one Australian and one Peruvian."
The bus was carrying about 40 passengers when the accident happ