They ask Red Arrow to take responsibility for the injured in the accident in Mexico-Toluca

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After the overturning of a Red Arrow Line bus on the Mexico-Toluca highway at the height of La Marquesa, on April 6, with a balance of 3 deaths and 35 injured, relatives of the victims demanded that the company to take responsibility for this incident.

Almost 48 hours after the tragedy, and due to the lack of attention from the alleged perpetrators, relatives blocked Paseo Tollocan in the municipality of Toluca, outside the Regional General Hospital 220 of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).

This Sunday, according to their version, the Hotline contacted the injured who are still in various hospitals in the State of Mexico.

“We want the Line to be 100 percent responsible until the treatments and therapies are finished, that they respond for what their travel insurance is,” said Cansino Jiménez.

That Thursday, April 6, the passengers left in this unit, from the Observatory Terminal in Mexico City, to go to the Chalma Sanctuary in the municipality of Ocuilan. “They were going to return this Sunday, but the accident happened,” added Cansino.

According to the entity’s Secretary of Health, as of Friday, April 7, of the 35 injured, 19 required medical attention in hospitals, of which only 9 had been discharged.

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“Of the injured who still receive medical care in hospitals managed by the State Health Secretariat, six are hospitalized at the “Lic. Adolfo López Mateos”, three continue in the General Hospital “Dr. Nicolás San Juan” and a person receives medical attention at the Xonacatlán Municipal Hospital. The rest of the injured were transferred to other medical units such as the IMSS Clinics 220 and 251, the Lomas Verdes Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital, ISSSTE Metepec and Tacubaya, as well as the Toluca and Polanco Red Cross,” the Secretariat reported.

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