Buenos Aires, November 25 (NA) – Prosecutor Germán Vera Tapia confirmed that two people died and 44 were injured in the bus rollover at kilometer 325 of Route 2. According to the Argentine News Agency, on Tuesday morning, in the vicinity of the town of General Pirán, a tourist bus, for unknown reasons, overturned on the shoulder of Route 2. The Scientific Police is determining the trajectory prior to the accident. The prosecutor stated: "I was able to speak with 3 survivors who are in the tent. The crime is 'aggravated negligent homicide' due to the condition of a motor vehicle, qualified by more than one death. The result of the breathalyzer test for both drivers was negative, but a blood sample was taken for toxicological and other tests," he concluded. He had previously stated: "I asked them if they noticed that the bus was going at high speed or if it was swaying, and they responded that no, they did not realize until the fall began. Initially, we rule out a third victim," he added. Furthermore, the prosecutor affirmed that the bus driver "must have hypothesized the presence of another vehicle in the accident" and added: "I cannot confirm this because he is not here, he has been transferred to Pirán. All the people on the bus were of legal age and were from the West Zone of Greater Buenos Aires: Moreno, Ciudadela, and Morón." "The driver at the wheel is apprehended in the prosecutor's office, at least until tomorrow when he gives his statement. The bus was hired privately and, initially, the papers are all in order," he added. Finally, Vera Tapia assured: "Initially, I saw one deceased person and there might be another inside, both women. As a consequence of the impact, two passengers died. Prosecutor Vera Tapia stated: 'We have 28 injured in Pirán, 12 in Vidal, and 4 in the HIGA, who are in more serious condition but out of danger. This is all preliminary, tomorrow we will see if anyone gives a version of the facts and if that can be confirmed with the evidence that the Scientific Police is attaching at the scene. We are waiting for the AUBASA tow truck to arrive to lift the bus, I don't know how they are going to do it because it is very sunk into the ditch. He must have told it to the Firefighters, the Police, or the victims themselves.' 'We do not know where the deceased were, but we believe they were in the lower part because one of the victims is downstairs and we believe the other one was too, but we cannot confirm it.'
