Colomi bus crash

Colomi bus crash
Details
Date	2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) c. 1:00 a.m. (BOT, UTC-4)
Location	Colomi, Cochabamba, Bolivia[1]
Coordinates	17°10′00″S 65°55′00″W
Owner	Trans Carrasco[1]
Statistics
Passengers	45[2]
Deaths	21[2]
Injured	17[2]

The Colomi bus crash took place on 2 March 2021, when a bus traveling along Route 7 between the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, fell into an abyss,[3] the accident caused 21 deaths[4][5] and 17 injuries.[2] The bus was carrying students from the Universidad Pública de El Alto, which had suffered another tragedy that same day, when a balcony collapsed at the college [es] during a protest.

Accident

The accident took place at kilometer 72 of Route 7, the precipice where the tragedy happened was 150 meters.[3] The incident took place at 1 in the morning,[2][3] in the area of Cañadón[2] in Colomi, near Ivirgarzama.[1] Trans Carrasco was the company that owned the bus.[1]

Rescue

The Bolivian Air Force came to rescue the dead and wounded and was supported by the Bolivian National Police.[1] The wounded were transferred to health centers in Colomi, Sacaba and Cochabamba.[1] Colonel Helsner Torrico Valdez of the Bolivian police reported that 20 people died and 13 were left injured.[3] Among the survivors was Bolivian aviation technician Erwin Tumiri, who in 2016 also survived LaMia Flight 2933.[4][5] Later, the Bolivian government identified that, of the 45 passengers, 21 had died and 17 were wounded.[2]

See also

• List of traffic collisions (2000–present)

References

1. "Bus de Trans Carrasco se embarranca en Colomi y deja al menos 20 fallecidos" [Trans Carrasco bus runs aground in Colomi and leaves at least 20 dead] (in Spanish). La Razón. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
2. "Reportan 20 muertos en accidente en la ruta Cochabamba–Santa Cruz" [20 deaths reported in accident on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz route]. Los Tiempos. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
3. "Accidente de un autobús deja al menos 20 muertos y 13 heridos en Bolivia" [Bus accident leaves at least 20 dead and 13 injured in Bolivia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
4. "Sobreviviente de la tragedia del Chapecoense se salva en un accidente en el que murieron 21 personas en Bolivia" [Survivor of the Chapecoense tragedy is saved in an accident in which 21 people died in Bolivia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
5. "El milagro Erwin Tumiri: sobrevivió a la tragedia de Chapecoense y ahora se salvó de un accidente en el que murieron 21 personas" [The miracle Erwin Tumiri: he survived the Chapecoense tragedy and is now saved from an accident in which 21 people died] (in Spanish). Infobae. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.