Author : David Salazar
The injured passengers were transferred to the Pío X hospitals, in La Tebaida; La Misericordia, by Calarcá; and care centers of Armenia.
The head of the Traffic and Transportation Section, Setta, of the Quindío Police, released the names of the 2 people killed on the Calarcá to La Paila road, La Herradura sector.
The driver was identified as Alexánder Garcías Ballesteros and the passenger as María Margarita Ramírez Velásquez.
The speeding of one of the vehicles involved is the main hypothesis of the authorities about what caused the accident, which occurred on the afternoon of December 24.
The bus, license plate WHV-179 (Guacarí), left the city of Santiago de Cali and was destined for Bogotá.
The road is completely closed and it is recommended to take alternate routes from the municipality of Zarzal, La Paila corregimiento, Uribe and the neighboring department to the country’s capital.