The collision happened on the route between the cities of Uyuna and Colchani, when one of the vehicles pulled into the upcoming tape.
At least 37 people were killed, and dozens were injured in a collision involved in two buses in the West Potos region in Bolivia, police and local authorities.
The accident happened on Saturday at 7:00 Local Time (11:00 GMT) on the route between the cities of Uyuna and Colchani, when one of the vehicles was drawn into the upcoming tape.
Uyuni is the entrance to Salar de Uyuni, the main tourist attraction and the world’s largest salts with more than 10,000 square kilometers (3900 KM).
“As a result of this death accident, we have 39 people injured in four hospitals in the city of Uyuna, and 37 people lost their lives,” spokesman for Potosi’s Command of the Ministry of Police Sushii told reporters.
Police staff working to identify people who were killed and those injured and hospitalized, a spokesman added.
One of the buses was headed to the tool, where one of the most important celebrations of the carnival in Latin America is currently taking place.
Police officers removed the survivors from the wreck of steel, according to pictures taken by Radio Uyuna, which showed several bodies covered with blankets covered over high and flat areas.
The police spokesman said that one of the two drivers, both surviving the collision, noticed passengers consuming alcohol.
Mountain, not sufficiently maintained and small superhumans, some of the most deadly in the world, killing an average of 1,400 people every year.
