LA PAZ/BERLIN, Sept 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least seven people died and five others were injured after a minibus collided with a garbage truck in western Bolivia, police said in LA PAZ.
The police commander of the city of El Alto, Ismael Villca, told local media that the accident occurred on Friday morning when the heavily loaded dump truck and the minibus carrying several passengers crashed on the highway connecting La Paz and Desaguadero, presumably due to one or both of the vehicles speeding and invading other lanes.
Bolivian police and firefighters arrived at the scene to help remove the people trapped in the minibus, and transferred survivors to area medical centers.
The police chief said that the mechanic and forensic accident reports will look into the causes of the accident.
Meanwhile, in GERMANY a bus drove into a ditch on the highway in the direction of Hamburg, injuring 31 people, with three seriously injured, local media reported on Saturday. — NNN-XINHUA
