2023-05-12 04:30:27
Several bus lines of the company Línea 216 paralyzed their service this Thursday night after the attack of a passenger on a driver of the 236, who received a punch with his fist and as a result of the attack the inmate collided with a truck in the Buenos Aires party Merlo. The cessation of the measure of force was confirmed to Page|12 by the workers of the company after 5 in the morning of this Friday. The stoppage affected the lines 166, 236, 269, 395, 441, 443, 504 y 634.
The event occurred in inmate 106 of line 236, when the attacker, upon reaching Route 1003, near the town of Libertad, the man got out from the front of the bus and hit the driver. , who fainted.
Police sources reported that the passenger who attacked the bus driver had fallen asleep on top of a bus and, upon arriving at the terminal, they woke him up. For this reason, the man got angry with the delegates of company 236 and tried to attack them, but he arrived after the arrival of agents of the Buenos Aires Police desisted from that attitude.
Then, the passenger got on another inmate from the same company and, upon arriving at a Puma service station, punched the driver and he vanished. Likewise, the driver lost control of the vehicle and despite the desperate attempt of other people to take the wheel, the bus collided with a Renault Kangoo that was circulating in the area.
The assaulted driver had to be transferred to a clinic for the blow, while the passengers and the driver of the private truck did not suffer injuries.
Another bus stoppage so far this year
This cessation of collective activities occurs within the framework of a series of interruptions in urban transport services on other lines and companies.
This Wednesday morning, a driver from the bus line 276 was shot when he was driving through the Buenos Aires town of Escobar. As a result of the shot received in one of his legs, the bus driver had to be transferred to a health center. After the fact, his colleagues started a paro in demand of greater security.
Last Saturday, the drivers of the lines 338also known as “la costera”, and 406, from the Talp SA company, went on strike in claim for the non-payment of their salaries.
Last week, the line 178 de colectivos also paralyzed the service when the drivers demanded greater security, after a robbery and shooting in a unit at 6 in the morning.
This act of insecurity occurred only a month after the murder of Daniel Barrientosthe driver of line 620 who was shot in the chest while he was working during an attempted assault near Virrey del Pino, La Matanza district.
Meanwhile, days ago another strike had been carried out in the line 9 of groups after the attack suffered by a driver near Villa Caraza, in Lanús, who was robbed and suffered a cut on his face with a knife.
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