The tranquility of the morning of Saturday, January 13 in the north of Bogotá was interrupted by a strong collision between a bus of the Integrated Public Transportation System (SITP) that was full of passengers and an ambulance, exactly on 127th Street with Carrera 58 (Las Villas Avenue), in the town of Suba.
The incident left eight people injured, four who were traveling in the ambulance and four who were traveling in the public transportation service vehicle. Emergency agencies arrived as soon as they could to care for those affected by the road accident and transfer them to nearby care centers.
The cause of the accident would have been the bad behavior of one of the drivers. “It is under investigation, but the main hypothesis we have so far is that they did not respect the traffic signs, the red light, for the ambulance,” explained Colonel Wilson Barrios, sectional chief of traffic and transportation of the Police. , for the CityTv newscast.
The inhabitants of the area told that news program that the road has become a critical point. “The cars that come, let’s say, from there always turn around, there is no security there that they cannot turn and it is a brutal thing,” said a citizen. “It’s more that we as people become culturalized. For all things it is exactly the same,” said another citizen.
The authorities urge the citizens of the capital of the Republic to respect traffic rules and safeguard the lives of other actors on the road. As of January 13, Bogotá has already recorded 13 deaths since the beginning of 2024, that is, one death per day.
Waste collection truck hits a house in Ciudad Bolívar
A truck from the Lime company, in charge of waste collection, crashed into a home and caused damage to another, during the collection day in the town of Ciudad Bolívar, located south of Bogotá.
The collision occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, January 13, at the intersection of Carrera 18a and Calle 67 Sur, in the Lucero Medio neighborhood. Members of the fire department from the Candelaria station intervened and the use of a crane was required. District authorities collaborated in the extraction of the vehicle and in securing the perimeter around the compromised building.
The event caused serious structural damage to two homes, although no fatalities were reported. According to Noticias Caracol, two minors were injured as a result of the incident.
That media reports that one of the minors suffered a broken arm and the other suffered a broken collarbone. In response, the local mayor provided vouchers so that affected families could spend the night in a safe place.
It is suspected that the excess weight could have caused the driver of the vehicle to lose control, although the official causes of the incident have yet to be confirmed.
Two dead after school bus hits a house
The topography of Ciudad Bolívar and its steep slopes make its streets a complicated environment for mobility. A similar case occurred on September 20, 2023, in the Jerusalem neighborhood, where a similar accident claimed the lives of two people.
Security camera images recorded the moment when, during the early hours of the morning, a school bus that was traveling through the area lost control and crashed into a residence.
Despite the driver’s attempts to warn other drivers about an apparent brake failure, it was not possible to avoid hitting a motorcyclist and his passenger.
The fateful accident resulted in the death of a police assistant and her father, who was taking her to her workplace. With Infobae
