At least one person died and 20 others were injured after a bus believed to be carrying miners fell into a chasm in the region. Bolivian Potosi, in the southwest of the country.
The event happened this Wednesday morning when the bus fell into a ravine in the Pailaviri area, at a height Small Hill on the high plateau of Potosi, according to information from departmental command this region.
The vehicle apparently sustained damage prior to the crash, so it is assumed that a mechanical failure was the cause of this event, although this situation is still under investigation.
According to neighbors who assisted the victims, most of the people inside the bus were miners, although there were women and children.
The injured were taken to the hospital. Daniel Bracamonte in Potosi and National Health Fundaccording to the report Departmental command.
Injuries and other accidents
According to the report, the victims include a 28-year-old driver of the vehicle, 3 women and 3 minors aged 10 months, 2 and 15 years old.
Meanwhile, the person who died in this accident, Zenon MQ 35 years.
The car was completely destroyed, with broken windows and some seats scattered around the crash site.
Another traffic accident was also reported the day before. 45 kmnear the city Parotani way to the center cochabambain which a minibus collided with a heavy truck.
As a result of the collision, the driver of the minibus died on the spot, according to local media.
Accidents in Bolivian roads every year they call about 1400 dead and some 40 000 According to official figures, wounded.
Why do these accidents happen?
Report from Bolivian police warns that most of these events are due to “human error” that can be prevented.
Hours earlier Tuesday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho because its anti-abortion law “criminalizes doctors” and prevents them from freely practicing abortions. risk.
Ministry of Justice sued Idaho for infringement federal labor law and from Emergency medical careto try to protect physicians who are forced to intervene when abortion is “a medical treatment necessary to stabilize the patient’s emergency.”
This is the first promotion Ministry of Justice against the state since the decision of the Supreme Court, and it will not be the only one, as explained at a press conference Garland.
The prosecutor indicated that the Reproductive Rights Working Group, created as a result of the Supreme Court decision, is assessing the “changing landscape of state laws” and they are already studying “additional litigationagainst other states.
All this in order to “do everything we can to ensure uninterrupted legal access to reproductive services” during these “terrifying and uncertain times for pregnant women and their providers,” the deputy attorney general said. USAVanita Gupta.
Today’s complaint seeks to end this Idaho law, which goes into effect Aug. 25, and places on doctors the burden of proving their innocence in court after arrest and arraignment.
(EFE)
Source: RPP
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