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Córdoba Bus Death and Jujuy Route 9 Crash Leave Two Dead, Five Hospitalized

Investigators in Jujuy await the remis driver's alcohol-test result.

Overview

  • A 45-year-old man collapsed on a Sierras de Calamuchita interurban bus in Córdoba at Armada Argentina and Cajamarca and was diagnosed with irreversible cardiogenic shock following a cardiorespiratory arrest.
  • He was traveling with his 34-year-old partner, and police and paramedics attempted resuscitation before doctors confirmed his death at the scene.
  • In a separate incident on Ruta Nacional 9 near Huajara in Volcán, a Volkswagen Saveiro and a Renault Kangoo operating as a shared taxi collided head-on, and SAME responders found the 55-year-old Saveiro driver without vital signs.
  • Five occupants of the Kangoo—the driver and four female passengers—were treated on site and transferred to hospitals in Maimará and Volcán with polytrauma diagnoses.
  • Police from Seccional 12° de Volcán and Criminalística conducted forensic work at the crash scene, and authorities are probing the cause with the breathalyzer result for the remis driver pending.