A child under the age of 15 died after a Copsa bus overturned on the Interbalnearia route

A Copsa bus traveling with passengers overturned this Thursday afternoon in the kilometer 93 of the Interbalnearia route, at the height of Pan de Azúcar (Maldonado), and left a 15-year-old girl dead reported to The Observer the National Highway Police Directorate.

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There were 34 passengers on the bus.

Copsa bus accident: what happened

The bus traveled from west to east with 34 passengers. Upon reaching that kilometer, for reasons that are trying to be clarified, misled, crossed the path and overturned in a ravine. The vehicle was left in a lateral position.

The vehicle was traveling from Montevideo to Punta del Este without guard service. Javier Cardoso, general manager of Copsa, said that the driver He is hospitalized in the Mautone and it is still unknown what caused him to mislead and overturn a ravine.

Copsa bus accident injured

Due to the impact there 20 passengers injured, reported Caminera in its primary information. There are four seriously injured, among them is the driver.

A child under the age of 15 died after a Copsa bus overturned on the Interbalnearia route

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Several victims were transferred to assistance centers in Pan de Azúcar and Piriápolis.

A minor, who was trapped after the accident, died at the scene.

Witnesses told El Observador that the drivers who were driving along the Interbalnearia route stopped to help the victims. “People broke the bus so that the passengers could get out,” he recounted.

The National Fire Department reported that some passengers left by their own means. According to what they said, the driver was “imprisoned” inside the bus. “At the same time, one of the passengers found himself with one of his arms imprisoned, which could be freed by using a hydraulic jack,” it was reported.

The Highway Police reported that the route is free. In any case, the presence of emergency teams in the place have traffic slowed down at that point. Therefore, drivers are asked to drive with caution in the area as there are personnel working.