The families of the two deceased women in an accident reported Thursday night, where a Brazilian tourist bus overturned on Route 27-Ch -near San Pedro de Atacama-, they began the procedures to repatriate their bodies.
The head of the SIAT of Carabineros in Antofagasta, Captain Karl Berngehermaintained that «an investigative team was formed with the purpose of establishing the dynamics and the underlying cause» of this incident, although for now, It is expected that the machine collided with the pedestal of an information sign.
One of the victims is Elenice Mezzomo Pretowhose son, Pedro Augusto, indicated that the bus left «from Río Grande del Sur last Monday, bound for Atacama, passing through Argentina. This morning they informed us that they had arrived in Chile; I was able to talk to my dad, and he told me that my mother had passed away.«.
«We don’t know what happened, We are talking with the Embassy to repatriate the bodies after the accident«added the affected person, although noting that «we saw the news and everything seems to indicate that a mechanical failure» was the cause of the accident.
For now, the bodies of the victims remain in the Antofagasta Legal Medical Service.
THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED
On the other hand, among the 40 injured accounted for the day before, 21 were transferred to the Cesfam in San Pedro de Atacamabeing attended to despite the indefinite strike that its officials are on.
While, 19 other passengers with injuries of varying severity were admitted to the Carlos Cisternas Hospital from Calama, whose deputy director, Patricio Toro Erbettaspecified that seven of them «were initially evaluated and discharged to the hotel where they were staying.»
While, «three patients were referred to the Hospital del Cobre: one of them with pneumothorax and lung contusion, also associated with a hemophilia problem; a 46-year-old woman with multiple trauma and a hip fracture, and a 64-year-old woman with multiple rib fractures.
Finally, «two patients underwent surgery in our hospital«one with massive hemoperitoneum due to splenic injury, and another with a pelvic fracture, both of whom are stable,» the doctor concluded.