A bus of the Chilean company Turbus is seen after flipping over, killing several passengers and injuring others, while driving on a remote mountain road in the Andes, near Los Horcones, Argentina February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Emmanuel Rodriguez Villegas FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A bus traveling to Chile flipped over in Argentina’s Mendoza province early on Saturday, killing at least 19 people on a remote mountain road in the Andes, local authorities said.

Turbus, the Chilean company operating the vehicle, confirmed the crash on Route 7 in the Aconcagua park in a statement. It gave no casualty figures and said it did not know why the bus turned over.

A civil defense spokesman in Mendoza said there were 19 confirmed deaths.

The bus had 40 passengers of whom 32 were Argentineans, including three children, Turbus said. The company said it was working to find out the identities of the victims.</s>MENDOZA, Argentina: A bus overturned in Argentina on Saturday near Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside Asia, killing at least 19 people and leaving 20 injured, officials said. Operated by the Chilean company Turbus, the bus was traveling from the province of Mendoza toward Chile with 40 people on board when the accident occurred in the Andes region, more than 1,000 kilometers from Buenos Aires.

"Sixteen people died on the scene and another three in the hospital," Oscar Sagas, health undersecretary for the province, told the local news network Siete de Mendoza.

The province’s attorney general, Alejandro Gulle, said that the two Chilean bus drivers, who survived the crash, were held for questioning in the town of Uspallata, a tourist spot near Aconcagua, which at 6,960 meters is the tallest peak outside the Himalayas.

The authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred in the afternoon under good weather conditions and on a well-maintained major road between Argentina and Chile.

19 dead in Argentina bus accident was posted in World of TheNews International - https://www.thenews.com.pk on February 19, 2017 and was last updated on February 19, 2017. This news story is related to Print/187372-19-dead-in-Argentina-bus-accident/ - breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. Permanent link to the news story "19 dead in Argentina bus accident" is https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/187372-19-dead-in-Argentina-bus-accident.</s>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A passenger bus flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 42 people aboard, police said Saturday.

Another 23 people were injured in the accident about 745 miles west of the Argentine capital.

There were 40 passengers and two drivers in the vehicle when the accident occurred.

The bus was traveling from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, just after midnight Saturday on Route 7 near the Aconcagua Provincial Park, which includes the highest mountain in the Americas.

Survivors were quoted by the Clarin newspaper in Buenos Aires as saying that the bus was traveling at a high speed when it went into a curve.

Some of the injured were transported to the nearby community of Uspallata for medical care, while others were taken to the provincial capital, Mendoza.

The highway was closed for several hours, but later opened to traffic.</s>MENDOZA, Argentina: A bus overturned in Argentina on Saturday near Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside Asia, killing at least 19 people and leaving 20 injured, officials said.



Operated by the Chilean company Turbus, the bus was traveling from the province of Mendoza toward Chile with 40 people on board when the accident occurred in the Andes region, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Buenos Aires.

“Sixteen people died on the scene and another three in the hospital,” Oscar Sagas, health undersecretary for the province, told the local news network Siete de Mendoza.

The province’s attorney general, Alejandro Gulle, said that the two Chilean bus drivers, who survived the crash, were held for questioning in the town of Uspallata, a tourist spot near Aconcagua, which at 6,960 meters (22,835 feet) is the tallest peak outside the Himalayas.

The authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred in the afternoon under good weather conditions and on a well-maintained major road between Argentina and Chile.

According to Turbus, the 40 passengers included 32 Argentinians — three of them children — four Chileans, one Colombian and a Haitian.

The accident happened on Route 7 near Los Horcones, in a spot called the Curva de Yeso, between the Aconcagua Provincial Park close to the border with Chile.

“It’s a curve that is fairly complicated because of a climb and then a drop,” Sagas said. Citing witnesses, he said the driver lost control of the bus, which then veered off the road.

One of the children remains in serious condition, and two adults underwent amputations of their left arms due to severe spinal injuries, a medical person at Hospital Central told channel Siete.</s>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Police say a passenger bus has flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 42 people aboard.

There were 40 passengers and two drivers on the vehicle.

The bus was traveling from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, when the accident occurred just after midnight Saturday on Route 7 near the Aconcagua Provincial Park that includes the highest mountain in the Americas.

Some of the injured were transported to the local community of Uspallata for medical care, while others were taken to the provincial capital of Mendoza.

The highway was closed for several hours, but later opened up to traffic.</s>A view of the bus that overturned, leaving at least 19 of the 40 passengers dead and more than 20 injured, near the town of Uspallata in the western Argentine province of Mendoza on its way to Chile, early in the morning of February 18, 2017. A bus overturned in Argentina on Saturday, February 18 near Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside Asia, killing at least 19 people and leaving 20 injured, officials said.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Manila Bulletin.</s>Police say a passenger bus has flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 43 people aboard. The bus was traveling from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, when the accident occurred just after midnight Saturday on Route 7 near the Aconcagua Provincial Park that includes the highest mountain in the Americas.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Fox News.</s>A bus traveling to Chile flipped over in Argentina's Mendoza province early on Saturday, killing at least 19 people on a remote mountain road in the Andes, local authorities said.

Turbus, the Chilean company operating the vehicle, confirmed the crash on Route 7 in the Aconcagua park in a statement. It gave no casualty figures and said it did not know why the bus turned over.

A civil defense spokesman in Mendoza said there were 19 confirmed deaths.

The bus had 40 passengers of whom 32 were Argentineans, including three children, Turbus said. The company said it was working to find out the identities of the victims.</s>At least 19 people were killed and 21 injured in Argentina when a bus heading to neighbouring Chile overturned in the country’s Mendoza province. The bus, belonging to Chilean company Turbus, crashed on Saturday as it was going round a curve at high speed, according to a survivor, Xinhua news agency reported. “It was going very fast, the driver had no experience and he didn’t know the route,” passenger Leandro Torres said, according to the national news agency Telam. The daily La Nacion later reported the vehicle’s speedometer “registered 100 kmph at the time of the accident,” confirming the driver had ignored signs setting the speed limit at 40 kph at the turn.

Watch What Else Is Making News

The “Curva del Yeso” is one of 10 dangerous curves identified by the National Gendarmerie along that highway, the daily said, calling the incident “the biggest roadway tragedy in the history of Mendoza.” Torres said he was riding in the middle of the bus, which was carrying 40 passengers, and had fallen asleep. “I woke up when the bus was already airborne, and I felt the blow,” Torres added.

In a statement, the bus company defended the driver and his assistant, who have been detained by authorities, saying “they rest well before each departure and know the route very well.” The passenger list included 32 Argentinians, four Chileans, a Haitian and a Colombian, as well as the drivers. The injured were taken to hospitals.</s>At least 19 people have been killed and 23 injured after a passenger bus 'flipped over' on a highway in Argentina.

The bus was en route from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, and had 42 people on board when it overturned on Route 7 of the Pan-American highway shortly after midnight on Saturday, according to police.

Route 7 is a remote mountain road that winds through the Andes.

The accident happened near the Aconcagua Provincial Park - which includes the highest mountain in the Americas - and resulted in the highway being closed for several hours.
A bus traveling to Chile overturns in Argentina's Mendoza Province, killing at least 19 people.