Sixteen people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a road accident on an international highway connecting Bolivia with Chile, police said.
A cargo truck returning to Bolivia from the country’s border with Chile crashed into a passenger bus heading for the Arica region of Chile, said Nilo Torrico, director of the accident division of the La Paz traffic operational organization.
The injured, seven women and seven men, were sent to a local hospital for treatment.
“The driver of the high-tonnage vehicle was the one who crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on with the bus,” said Torrico.
The drivers of both vehicles died in the incident.
The police were investigating the accident.