The Colomi bus crash took place on 2 March 2021, when a bus traveling along Route 7 between the departments of

Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 63 ...

and Santa Cruz, fell into an abyss, the accident caused 21 deaths and 17 injuries. The bus was carrying students from the Universidad Pública de El Alto, which had suffered another tragedy that same day, when a balcony during a protest.

Accident

The accident took place at kilometer 72 of Route 7, the precipice where the tragedy happened was 150 meters. The incident took place at 1 in the morning, in the area of Cañadón in Colomi, near

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. Trans Carrasco was the company that owned the bus.

Rescue

The

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was the one that came to rescue the dead and wounded, while the

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also came to provide support. The wounded were transferred to health centers in Colomi,

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and

. Colonel Helsner Torrico Valdez of the Bolivian police reported that 20 people have died and approximately 13 injured people have to mourn. Among the survivors was Bolivian aviation technician Erwin Tumiri, who in 2016 also survived

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. Later the government forces identified that there were 45 passengers, and the number of deaths rose to 21 and the number of wounded to 17.

References

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