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At least 4 people killed, 42 injured in traffic accident in Colombia

Other News Materials 6 May 2009 05:16 (UTC +04:00)

At least four people were killed and 42 others were injured on Tuesday when a bus of the public system called Transmilenio crashed against a vehicle with 25 passengers aboard here, authorities said, according to Xinhua.
  The Regulator Center of Urgencies from Bogota said that the crash occurred in one of the most important avenues of the city, in the south. Firemen, police and emergency teams rushed to the scene to help the victims.
  "The accident occurred in Caracas Av. With Street 55 South," spokesmen from the Center told local radio station.
  Transmilenio system has some six years working in Bogota and it is highly criticized because the buses are overcrowded.
  Some 42 injured people were taken to Santa Clara and Kennedy Hospitals.
  The authorities said the causes of the accident are not clear and investigation is going on. E

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