FOTO: STRAVIČNA NESREĆA Ukradenim kamionom se zabio u autobus i usmrtio 18 osoba

BUENOS AIRES - Osamnaest osoba je izgubilo život u petak u Argentini kada se kamion s poluprikolicom registriran u Brazilu vozeći autocestom frontalno sudario s autobusom koji je išao u suprotnom smjeru, izvijestile su mjesne vlasti.

"Zasad je osamnaestero mrtvih", rekao je za mrežu C5N Matias Roby, ministar zdravstva pokrajine Mendoze, oko 1000 km zapadno od Buenos Airesa.

Delfo Rodriguez

Firefighters stand next to the wreckage of a bus and a truck that collided head-on after the truck --which was allegedly stolen-- went the wrong way in Route 7, in San Martin, Mendoza, 1,000 km west of Buenos Aires, on February 7, 2014. At least fourteen people died in the crash. AFP PHOTO / NA - Delfo Rodriguez ARGENTINA OUT --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NA - Delfo Rodriguez" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Roby, koji dodaje da su u autobusu bila 32 putnika, nešto ranije je bio izvijestio da su među poginulima i dvojica vozača autobusa.

Delfo Rodriguez

Firefighters stand next to the wreckage of a bus and a truck that collided head-on after the truck --which was allegedly stolen-- went the wrong way in Route 7, in San Martin, Mendoza, 1,000 km west of Buenos Aires, on February 7, 2014. At least fourteen people died in the crash. AFP PHOTO / NA - Delfo Rodriguez ARGENTINA OUT --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NA - Delfo Rodriguez" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

"Na autobus je izravno naletio kamion s brazilskim registarskim pločicama koji je najvjerojatnije bio ukraden", kazao je Roby.

ALFREDO PONCE

Firefighters stand next to the wreckage of a bus and a truck that collided head-on after the truck --which was allegedly stolen-- went the wrong way in Route 7, in San Martin, Mendoza, 1,000 km west of Buenos Aires, on February 7, 2014. At least fourteen people died in the crash. AFP PHOTO / TELAM -ALFREDO PONCE

Frontalni sudar u kojemu je desetak osoba ozlijeđeno, dogodio se u petak poslijepodne u pokrajini Mendozi, na dijelu autoceste br. 7 koja Buenos Aires povezuje sa Santiagom u Čileu.