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Colomi bus crash

2021 disaster in Bolivia

17°10′00″S 65°55′00″W / 17.16667°S 65.91667°W / -17.16667; -65.91667OwnerTrans Carrasco^[1]StatisticsPassengers45^[2]Deaths21^[2]Injured17^[2]

The Colomi bus crash took place on 2 March 2021, when a bus traveling along Route 7 between the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, fell into an abyss,^[3] the accident caused 21 deaths^[4]^[5] and 17 injuries.^[2] The bus was carrying students from the Universidad Pública de El Alto, which had suffered another tragedy that same day, when a balcony collapsed at the college [es] during a protest.

Accident

The accident took place at kilometer 72 of Route 7, the precipice where the tragedy happened was 150 meters.^[3] The incident took place at 1 in the morning,^[2]^[3] in the area of Cañadón^[2] in Colomi, near Ivirgarzama.^[1] Trans Carrasco was the company that owned the bus.^[1]

Rescue

The Bolivian Air Force came to rescue the dead and wounded and was supported by the Bolivian National Police.^[1] The wounded were transferred to health centers in Colomi, Sacaba and Cochabamba.^[1] Colonel Helsner Torrico Valdez of the Bolivian police reported that 20 people died and 13 were left injured.^[3] Among the survivors was Bolivian aviation technician Erwin Tumiri, who in 2016 also survived LaMia Flight 2933.^[4]^[5] Later, the Bolivian government identified that, of the 45 passengers, 21 had died and 17 were wounded.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bus de Trans Carrasco se embarranca en Colomi y deja al menos 20 fallecidos" [Trans Carrasco bus runs aground in Colomi and leaves at least 20 dead] (in Spanish). La Razón. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Reportan 20 muertos en accidente en la ruta Cochabamba–Santa Cruz" [20 deaths reported in accident on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz route]. Los Tiempos. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Accidente de un autobús deja al menos 20 muertos y 13 heridos en Bolivia" [Bus accident leaves at least 20 dead and 13 injured in Bolivia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Sobreviviente de la tragedia del Chapecoense se salva en un accidente en el que murieron 21 personas en Bolivia" [Survivor of the Chapecoense tragedy is saved in an accident in which 21 people died in Bolivia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "El milagro Erwin Tumiri: sobrevivió a la tragedia de Chapecoense y ahora se salvó de un accidente en el que murieron 21 personas" [The miracle Erwin Tumiri: he survived the Chapecoense tragedy and is now saved from an accident in which 21 people died] (in Spanish). Infobae. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.