A 12-year-old minor lost her life after the mistake and subsequent overturning of an interprovincial bus in the Imata sector, district of San Antonio de Chuca (Caylloma); The incident also left 28 people injured who were taken to various health facilities in the city of Arequipa.
At around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Tourism Mendivil company buswith license plate D4P-966 and driven by Roly Rojas Vizarreta (34), got lost at kilometer 4+200 of the Via Penetration Tintaya – Arequipa, which connects the province of Caylloma with Espinar.
The interprovincial unit left Arequipa on Friday night and was destined for the city of Cusco.
This mistake caused the unit to end up lying on its left side, crushing a minor under 12 years old that she was traveling accompanied by her family; The teenager lost her life at the scene, while her family was taken to the San Pablo Clinic.
He also moved to this health facility. 25 people; meanwhile, others 3 were taken to the Honorio Delgado Espinoza hospital. In the afternoon, many of the injured remained hospitalized in the health facility. For its part, the victim’s body was taken to the Arequipa morgue for the respective procedures.
In the Cerro Colorado district clinic, The relatives of the injured demanded that those responsible for the company assume the costs of hospitalization, as well as the recovery of the injured.
He driver of the unit was arrested and will be investigated for the alleged crime of manslaughter; Both he and the damaged unit were taken to the Imata police station.
The causes of the accident are still a matter of investigationin charge of the Traffic Accident Prevention and Investigation Unit (UPIAT); Although at first it was pointed out that the weather factor had something to do with it, relatives of the injured argued that the injured told them that it was not raining at the time of the incident.
FOREIGNERS
On the bus there was a family made up of 3 people of Colombian nationalityMaribel Cujiño Díaz (61), Jesús Antonio Cortés Conde (65) and her daughter, Paula Camila Cortés Cujiño (28), who were taken to the Honorio Delgado Espinoza hospital by individuals.
In a The first moment they arrived at the San Pablo Clinicbut the establishment was saturated with the other 25 wounded. The two older adults suffered minor injuries; However, her daughter suffered serious injuries to her spine (deviation). Paula Cortés lives in Cusco and arrived in Arequipa to meet her parents who were coming to visit her.
REQUEST FROM RELATIVES TO THE COMPANY
Jacinta Ccama, mother of one of the injured, indicated that in conversation with her 23-year-old daughter, she told her that at the time of the accident it was not snowing or raining on the road, in addition to pointing out that on the There were two more people in the driving cabin besides the driver. On the other hand, they requested that the belongings left on the bus be returned.
