Prosecutor continues with the investigation about him Copsa company bus accident that derailed on the way to Maldonado this Thursday, and that left as a result the death of a child under 15 years of age. from the judiciary “no line of investigation is ruled out”confirmed to The Observer the prosecutor in the case, Jessica Pereira.
After the accident, Pereira requested collect security cameras who may have information about the accident, perform an autopsy on the deceased childand a forensic examination and blood extraction from the driver of the car to perform a breathalyzer test and others “toxicology tests”.
also asked examine the other woundedthat until this Saturday there are sixthat Scientific police investigate the scene of the accident and how it was produced, as well as that the statements of the people presentboth passengers and witnesses to the events.
The prosecutor stated that “various procedures” are being carried out in the investigation into the causes of the accident: Cell phones are analyzed, cameras are collected, statements continue to be taken and the expertise continues. In any case, he clarified that so far there is “nothing conclusive” about the investigation.
This Saturday Several of the passengers testified at the Piriápolis police station. Rafael Silva, defense attorney for the victims, assured in an interview with Underlined (Channel 10) that it was “primary statements to know where each passenger was going and see what elements each one has to contribute”,
Silva stressed the importance of check the cell phone of the driver of the vehiclea 55-year-old man who He had to undergo hip and spine surgery this Friday for the injuries suffered in the accident, who said in a WhatsApp audio that the vehicle was moving and the passengers were complaining.
“Here I go on Wave 540, everyone complains, you don’t know what this is. She jiggles all over the place. I don’t know if to take it to 80, if to take it to 100, to take it to 95. I don’t know!”, says the driver in the audio to which he agreed The Observer.
The lawyer also recalled that several people who were on the bus before the trip to the events criticized the malfunction of the vehicle. One of the users who had an accident, named Felipe, said that the car “wobbled”and recounted: “I had never gone from being on a bus that was going so fast and feeling so unprotected.”
The Copsa workers’ union reported that this unit had already been denounced by different employees of the company.
Both Copsa and the Ministry of Transport (MTOP) ensure that the bus He had all his controls and his documentation in order. Carlos Flores, director of Road Transport of the portfolio, clarified that “There may have been a mechanical fault”, but marked that “it’s hasty” to come to that conclusionsomething that is the task of the experts.
