Authorities reported that five people were injured, one of them seriously.
The risk management authorities are attending to a spectacular traffic accident that occurred a few minutes ago in the town of Santa Elena, where a public service bus and a van-type vehicle violently collided.
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According to preliminary reports, the impact caused the van to overturn sideways on the road, while the bus—which was carrying approximately 25 passengers—lost control and rolled into a chasm on the side of the road.
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The Official Medellín Fire Department, in coordination with the DAGRD and the Medellín Mayor’s Office, are at the scene carrying out extraction and vertical rescue maneuvers to reach the occupants of the bus.
“An emergency occurs at this time in the Santa Elena district. The collision of a van with a bus, where the van is overturned on the road and the bus goes into an abyss. Approximately 25 people were on the bus. There are injured. Medellín Firefighters,” reads the official account of ‘X’, by Fico Gutiérrez.
According to authorities, five people were injured, one of them seriously.
Passage through the area is completely restricted to allow the deployment of emergency units and ambulances.
The authorities have not yet confirmed the exact causes of the accident, although mechanical failures or the weather conditions in the area have not been ruled out.
A tragic week for Antioquia
This unfortunate event occurs at a time of deep pain for the department. This is the second large-scale accident in less than a week in Antioquia territory.
The community has not yet recovered from the devastating incident that occurred a few days ago, in which 16 people linked to the Liceo Antioqueño lost their lives, a tragedy that keeps the educational sector and citizens in general in official mourning. The repetition of these serious incidents in such a short time has put the state of the roads and the safety conditions in departmental public transportation under the magnifying glass.
