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Bus crash in southern Bolivia leaves 19 dead: police

By AFP
January 27, 2025
A representational image of a bus crash. — AFP/File
A representational image of a bus crash. — AFP/File

LA PAZ: At least 19 people, including two children, were killed in southern Bolivia on Sunday when a speeding bus crashed and overturned in mountainous Potosi department, the police said.

The bus was traveling from the capital La Paz to the town of Villazon on the border with Argentina, Colonel Wilson Flores said.Col. Freddy Betancur, commander of the police in the central Oruro region, said : “There are seriously injured who have been transferred to the nearest hospitals.”