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Bus Fails To Stop on General Paz, Triggers Chain Crash and Major Delays

An inquiry is underway with alcohol and drug tests ordered for the driver.

Overview

  • The collision occurred shortly after 9 a.m. near the Del Libertador/Arcos exit in the Río de la Plata direction and was captured by security cameras.
  • Reports vary on the scale of the crash, with nine to eleven vehicles involved, including a bus that was traveling without passengers.
  • SAME assisted nine people at the scene; a 50-year-old Volkswagen Bora driver sustained politraumatismos and declined hospital transfer.
  • Police from Comisaría Vecinal 13B cut lanes to support six ambulances and other emergency units, causing heavy congestion that was fully cleared around noon.
  • The Unidad de Flagrancia Norte leads the case and ordered alcoholemia and narcotests for the bus driver as investigators examine why the vehicle failed to stop.