Traffic authorities in the department of Nariño confirmed that At least 20 people died after a spectacular accident that occurred on the road that leads from the city of Pasto to Popayán.
According to the first information, The events occurred when a bus from the Transipiales company that covered the Tumaco – Cali route, It collided with a protective railing in the sector known as Peñalisa and rolled for more than 50 meters, throwing passengers in its path.
Francisco Ruiz, head of the telecommunications area of the Fire Department of the city of Pasto that attends to the emergency, pointed out that preliminary there are 20 dead that the road accident leaves.
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“During the rescue work, the people who were in the abyss were removed, but the bus remained on an unstable slope. A part was hanging towards the abyss and was secured with a crane, there were people who were trapped inside, “said the lifeguard.
The Emergency agencies continue with rescue efforts in the area, every time the bus was hanging on a mountain. According to that report, at the moment there is a report of 15 injured people, transferred to a care center.
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According to the report of the relief agencies of Nariño, the fatalities of the accident are: Gualberto Angulo Mesa, Juan Carlos Valencia, Juan Esteban Cortés Delgado, Abad Torres Solís, Luis Jaime Andrade Castillo, Carlos Mario Acosta Guerrero, Lina Marcela Prado Daza, Luis Armando Oliva Martínez, Luis Ignacio Oliva Caipe, Luis Sebastián Melo González, Mauro Fredy Rivera Tenorio, Manuel Antonio Pineda García.
According to the authorities, among the deceased there are eight people who have not yet been identified.
