A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday

La Paz, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 5th Aug, 2019 ) :A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured , the La Paz local government said on Monday.

The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.

According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometers (150 miles) to the north of La Paz.

Amongst the dead were 11 woman, according to Daniel Quelca, the health service co-ordinator for the Apolobamba region.

Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.

The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz.

In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro.

And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi, and the second when a bus careered over a cliff edge near the capital Sucre, in the center-south of the country.

Bolivia's authorities have shown little appetite to tackle the problem, with President Evo Morales writing on Twitter after the April accident: "To our brother drivers we ask you to always be very careful." </s> LA PAZ: A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday.

The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometres to the north of La Paz. Amongst the dead were 11 woman, according to Daniel Quelca, the health service co-ordinator for the Apolobamba region.Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.

The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz. In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro. And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi. </s> LA PAZ: A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday.



The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.

According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometers (150 miles) to the north of La Paz.

Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.



The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz.

In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro.

And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi, and the second when a bus careered over a cliff edge near the capital Sucre, in the center-south of the country.

Bolivia´s authorities have shown little appetite to tackle the problem, with President Evo Morales writing on Twitter after the April accident: "To our brother drivers we ask you to always be very careful." </s> The bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night (Representational)

A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday.

The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.

According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometers to the north of La Paz.

Amongst the dead were 11 woman, according to Daniel Quelca, the health service co-ordinator for the Apolobamba region.

Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.

The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz.

In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro.

And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi, and the second when a bus careered over a cliff edge near the capital Sucre, in the center-south of the country.

Bolivia's authorities have shown little appetite to tackle the problem, with President Evo Morales writing on Twitter after the April accident: "To our brother drivers we ask you to always be very careful."

Get Breaking news, live coverage, and Latest News from India and around the world on NDTV.com. Catch all the Live TV action on NDTV 24x7 and NDTV India. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and Instagram for latest news and live news updates. </s> LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Two buses have crashed head-on on a highway in Bolivia's highlands, leaving at least 17 people dead and 10 injured.

Police say passengers were trapped in the wreckage of the buses, which collided Saturday in Bolivia's Andes Mountains near the town Achacachi, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of La Paz.

A police report said the accident was caused by excessive velocity and did not rule out that one bus had invaded the lane of the other.

"Firefighters reached the scene to see what had happened. The people were trapped in the vehicles," Col. Pablo Garcia, direct of transit in El Alto, told radio Erbol.

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Deadly bus accidents are common in Bolivia's highlands where narrow highways sometimes wind through mountain ranges near steep precipices. </s> A bus carrying college students and teachers drove off a highway in a mountainous area, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A bus carrying college students and teachers drove off a highway in a mountainous area, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured.

Police said Friday the passengers were returning from an educational tour when the bus plunged down a mountainous slope and rolled about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in western Nepal.

Rescue operations were difficult because the crash happened in a remote area and the wreckage was scattered.

The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Vehicle crashes in Nepal are mostly blamed on poorly maintained vehicles and roads.

The accident happened a week after truck veered off a mountain road in Nepal, killing 16 people. </s> The bus after it crashed, killing 16 and injuring 27 people near the town of Svoge in Bulgaria

The bus after it crashed, killing 16 and injuring 27 people near the town of Svoge in Bulgaria

A TOURIST BUS has flipped over on a highway in near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, killing at least 16 people and leaving 26 others injured.

Police said a bus carrying tourists on a weekend trip to a nearby resort overturned and fell down a side road 20 metres below the highway.

The accident happened at around 5:10pm on Saturday evening, about 20km north of Sofia.

Ambulances rushed to the scene and took the injured to Sofia hospitals, where doctors said some remained in a critical condition.

Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said the initial death toll was 15 people, but doctors from Sofia’s emergency hospital said another bus victim died on Saturday night.

The major of Bozhurishte, north of Sofia, told reporters that all the passengers were from his village.

The Bulgarian government declared Monday a national day of mourning for the victims. </s> LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Authorities in Bolivia say striking miners have kidnapped and killed the country’s deputy government minister, who had traveled to the area to mediate in the conflict over mining laws.

Government Minister Carlos Romero called it a “cowardly and brutal killing” and asked that the miners turn over the body of deputy minister Rodolfo Illanes.

Earlier, Romero and Attorney General Ramiro Guerrero said that Illanes had been kidnapped, but local media reports that he had been beaten to death by the miners had not been confirmed.

The strike has turned violent recently with two protesters being killed and riot police failing to clear a highway in a western part of the Andean nation.

Illanes had gone to Panduro, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the La Paz, to open a dialogue. </s> Police in Denver, US said a bus driver was killed and several people were hospitalised with critical injuries on Sunday, after a school bus carrying a Colorado high school football team crashed into a wall at Denver International Airport.

The bus was from Legacy High School in Colorado, KUSA-TV reported.

The bus veered off a roadway and crashed into a concrete wall, killing the driver and injuring several passengers, The Denver Post reported.

The bus, one of three carrying team members and coaches, had just picked up passengers when it "inexplicably" circled back to the airport and crashed into a concrete pillar, The Post reported. Airbags deployed but the female bus driver was killed, Denver police Sergeant Mike Farr said. "The bus driver circled back around to this level. We don't know why," he said.

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Paramedics were working to remove the driver from the crumpled bus.

KDVR-TV reported that 17 to 20 students and coaches from the school's junior varsity team were hospitalised.

The crash happened at 4:08pm airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said.

Police closed the east approach to the airport terminal.
A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed, leaving 14 dead and 21 injured.