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At least 31 die in Bolivia after truck rams into bus
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
A bus crash in southern Bolivia resulted in 31 deaths after a collision with a truck. The bus rolled down a ravine, and 22 people were injured.
LA PAZ (Reuters) - A truck traveling on a highway in southern Bolivia collided with a bus early on Monday morning, forcing the bus off the road and killing at least 31 people, police said.
Speaking to reporters, police spokesperson Limbert Choque confirmed the death toll, which he said included both men and women, as ambulances and emergency vehicles arrived at the scene of the accident. Another 22 people suffered injuries.
Police said the bus rolled some 500 meters (1,640 feet) down a ravine after the collision, which took place on the highway between Oruro, in the Bolivian Altiplano, and the highland mining city of Potosi.
The driver of the truck has been arrested, police added, while the cause of the accident is under investigation.
The crash comes just days after more than three dozen people were killed in the same region after two buses collided.
(Reporting by Sergio Limachi and Monica Machicao; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle and Sandra Maler)
The article discusses a tragic bus crash in Bolivia that resulted in 31 deaths and 22 injuries following a collision with a truck.
The accident occurred on the highway between Oruro and Potosi in southern Bolivia.
The truck driver has been arrested, and an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
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