At least 22 people were killed when a truck collided with a bus on an Andean road in Bolivia, according to the latest police toll of the country’s deadliest road accident since the start of the year. The previous count was 16 dead and 14 injured. The foreign ministry of neighboring Chile expressed its sadness at the death of a Chilean, adding that five Chileans were injured. The accident occurred on a road that connects Patacamaya with the town of Tambo Quemado in the western tip of Bolivia, near the border with Chile. The bus was heading to Chile, following a busy tourist route between the two South American countries. According to the information from the representative of the Bolivian police, the driver of the truck made a dangerous maneuver in his attempt to overtake another vehicle and entered the opposite traffic stream where he collided with the bus. “At this point, overtaking is not allowed. The truck did a prohibitory […]
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