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Mar del Plata-Bound Charter Bus Overturns on Route 2 Near General Pirán, Killing at Least Two

The passengers were traveling to a provincial housing forum tied to Governor Axel Kicillof, leading organizers to suspend the event.

Overview

  • Roughly 56 people from Moreno, Morón and Ciudadela were on board a Turismo New Bus charter headed to the Encuentro de Hábitat Popular in Mar del Plata.
  • Authorities report multiple injured—about 15 to 17—with some in critical condition, including patients transferred to Mar del Plata’s Interzonal hospital.
  • Firefighters from General Pirán and Coronel Vidal, Aubasa ambulances and provincial road safety teams mounted a large rescue operation, with traffic reduced at km 325.
  • Fiscalía 11 and the National Road Safety Agency opened an investigation with a toxicology test ordered for the driver, and the cause remains undetermined.
  • Witness accounts describe loss of control after a curve near Pirán, and the bus came to rest on its right side on the central median around 8 a.m.