Chile: crash of bus carrying presidential candidate's supporters kills five

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Cinco muertos al desbarrancar bus con brigadistas del PS en

el Puente Maipo

Accidente se produjo tras choque frontal del bus con un camión

de carga pesada y un vehículo menor. Tragedia enluta al comando de la candidata

oficialista Michelle Bachelet.

Al

menos cinco personas murieron y otras 20 resultaron gravemente heridas al

desbarrancar un autobús que transportaba a brigadistas de la candidata de la

Concertación, Michelle Bachelet, en el puente Maipo, cerca de la localidad de

Buin.

El

accidente se produjo promediando las 17:00

horas cuando el bus de la empresa Vía Sur patente AY 7277 fue chocado

frontalmente por un camión que transportaba frutas, lo que produjo la caída del

vehículo de pasajeros al lecho del río desde una altura de 20 metros. La

máquina cayó de costado en un sector seco del río. En el incidente también está

involucrado un vehículo menor.

http://www.diarioeldia.cl/

 

Chile:

crash of bus carrying presidential candidate's

supporters kills five

 

04:55 2005-12-07

A bus carrying supporters of a Chilean socialist presidential

candidate returning from a campaign rally crashed head-on with a truck Tuesday, killing five people and injuring 20,

officials said.

 

The crash occurred on a bridge south of Chile's capital, Santiago, sending the

bus plunging four meters (yards) to a dry area near the bank of a river, said

Carlos Soto, a commander for the fire department. Soto said four passengers in

the bus and the driver of the truck died.

 

Rene Jofre, a campaign worker for Socialist Party candidate Michelle Bachelet, said the

bus was bringing young people back to the capital after a rally in Temuco, 650

kilometers (400 miles) south of Santiago. Chile's

presidential elections are on Dec. 11.

 

Bachelet canceled the campaign rally she was attending in Santiago and rushed

to visit the crash victims. With tears in her eyes, Bachelet said she was

devastated. " This causes us a great pain, " she said, also canceling a

rally scheduled for Wednesday in Santiago to close her

campaign.

 

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