The mechanical failures in the buses that circulate through the country, added to the lack of skill of some drivers, continue to leave things to regret. In the last week, two public transportation vehicles have caused accidents that have left significant economic losses and injured people.
The most recent occurred this past December 11, when a bus that covers the Managua-Nueva Guinea route lost its brakes and crashed at the gas station known as La Polvosa, located in the Mayoreo market sector, in Managua.
The impact was recorded on the security cameras of the fuel marketing store and it can be seen how the car moved slowly until hitting the fuel delivery pump.
Apparently, according to official media publications, the bus did not start at first and the driver, with the help of other citizens, tried to start it, but as the vehicle moved forward it also lost its brakes, causing it to crash into the fuel delivery pump.
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At the time of the incident, there were also other bus units at the scene and one of these, in addition to the one that had the faults, also caught fire. Both units, according to official publications, belonged to the González Transport cooperative.
16 injured in Matagalpa
In Matagalpa, on December 10, another public transport bus, which covers the Matagalpa-Las Nubes route, plates MT542, driven by Javier Olivas Rivas, crashed into part of one of the Cootrán booths, in the Guanuca market, in Matagalpa, and left at least 16 people injured.
The National Traffic Police in Matagalpa, according to official media, concluded that the driver’s lack of skill was the cause of the accident, since instead of going in reverse, to exit the Cootrán and begin his journey, he moved the car forward. and impacted the passengers waiting at the booth of that bus terminal.
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Olivas Rivas, according to the publications, has already been arrested and will be prosecuted for “reckless injuries” to the detriment of 16 people, identified as: Napoleón Rivas Jarquín (84); Silvio Javier Solano Mendiola (39); and María Julia Hidalgo Salmerón (63); Damaris de Jesús Pérez Ochoa (40); Liseth Galeano Artola (23); Salvador Salgado Castillo (25), Mauricio Jarquín Soza (52), Luz Idalia Chavarría Cruz (53), and Pedro Evelio Jarquín Arauz (48).
Also to the detriment of minors Madian Noemí Flores Gutiérrez (13), Alex Said Hernández Chavarría (11) and Nathaly Trujillo Vanegas (12).
