Bola de Oro, Ecuador: Fatal Accident, 18 Injured

Reported by Expreso.ec an accident in the village Bola de Oro, near the Puebloviejo-Babahoyo highway left 5 people dead and 18 others injured on Thursday June 9th. The accident occurred when a truck hit a bus from the Bolivar Company. The bus veered to one side of the road after being hit. The police and firefighters assisted the injured that were later transferred to the hospital Martin Icaza in Babahoyo. One of the passengers has multiple serious injuries and was transferred to another hospital in Guayaquil. In a separate incident in Samanga on the Ambato-Quito road a van collided with a jeep resulting in three deaths. Also, in San Ramon a car hit a rock on the road causing the death of the driver and injuring the passenger reports Expreso. Lastly, on the Santo Domingo – Quito road an elderly man died after being hit by a truck, while on his way home.Read Article