Bus accident leaves nine dead in Colombia

posted on: Nov 20 2011 13:38 by RDugey. Viewed 33 times.


At least nine people died in the balls is a bus on Saturday evening on a road in the Center-West of Colombia, reported Sunday the national police.

The vehicle rolled by a gap of about 200 meters at a time in, the driver reportedly tried to dodge a rock emerged from the mountain, said the police commander of the Department of Tolima, Colonel Jose Javier Herrera.

"So far we have nine killed, nine wounded, a missing person," added the head police.

Herrera pointed out that rugged people participated in a tour of the employees of the South Colombian University.

The accident of the so-called "bus-escalera" occurred to 19.30 local time (0030 GMT) in a rural area of the city of Ibagué, capital of Tolima, about 130 kilometers west of Bogotá, said Herrera phone.

"Had to suspend the work of search for the dead by bad weather in the area..." u000a"(The) nine injured already were evacuated" from the site of the accident, he added.

The official said to ignore the State of the injured, who were sent to hospitals in Ibagué.