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Nine Injured as Fire Truck Hits Line 22 Bus at San Telmo Intersection

Police opened a negligent-injury investigation into the collision.

Overview

  • A Buenos Aires fire truck struck the right side of a Line 22 bus at Avenida Paseo Colón and Independencia in San Telmo.
  • Nine adults were injured, with eight taken to hospitals and one treated at the scene by the city’s emergency service, SAME.
  • Four firefighters were hurt, including two men sent to Hospital Ramos Mejía and one woman to Hospital Argerich, with details on a fourth not released.
  • Five bus passengers were injured, with two men taken to Hospital Penna and Argerich and one woman to Ramos Mejía, and two others not yet detailed.
  • Police classified the case as “lesiones culposas,” Argentina’s term for suspected negligent injury, and officials have not reported what caused the crash.