Tragic accident in Cádiz. After 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, a bus fatally ran over three people and injured three pedestrians who were evacuated to the hospital - one of them in critical condition - and around thirty people who have been treated at the scene by health workers. , after the driver lost control of the vehicle while passing through Avenida de las Cortes in Cádiz. Apparently, the bus, which was entering the city through the Puente de la Constitución, the second bridge, ran out of brakes on the way down, invaded the opposite lane and crashed into the bus stop shelter installed next to it. to El Corte Inglés, in the Bahía de Cádiz Shopping Center.
Both Local Police officers and members of the National Police, the fire brigade and health services have traveled to the scene. The driver has tested negative for alcohol and drugs, and has been taken to police stations where he will give a statement.
As confirmed by municipal sources, the fatalities are a 19-year-old girl, a 17-year-old boy and another 60-year-old woman. The slightly injured and witnesses to the accident were treated psychologically, while another person is in very critical condition, as confirmed by the mayor of the city, Bruno García, who has admitted that everyone is in "shock."
The event, which took place in a busy part of the city, has led the mayor to decree three days of mourning.
The first hypotheses suggest that the vehicle could have run out of brakes on the descent from the Constitution Bridge. The driver lost control and the bus, which at that time was transporting around thirty nursing students from Jerez de la Frontera to the Cadiz capital to do an internship, sowed chaos and panic among the population.
After uprooting two palm trees located on the public road, the vehicle braked after crashing into a bus shelter placed next to El Corte Inglés, leaving three fatalities in the accident and two injured, who have been taken to the Punta del Mar Hospital.
The event has shocked the entire Cadiz population, and the event is also being followed closely by the Andalusian political class. The mayor of Cádiz, Bruno García, together with councilors from his government and the spokespersons of the municipal opposition, have attended the scene of the events, as well as the subdelegate of the Government in Cádiz, José Pacheco, and the delegate of the Junta, Mercedes Colombo.
It was Pacheco who confirmed that the first hypothesis is the one that gains the most strength due to "the images of the bus, the speed at which it was going down and the trajectory," he expressed. "It's time for everyone to be together," he indicated.
Juanma Moreno, president of the Andalusian Regional Government, for his part, wanted to express his concern for those affected through his social networks, as did the leader of the PSOE-A, Juan Espadas, who regretted the event. , has shown his condolences to the families of the deceased and has wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
The University of Cádiz wanted to issue an emotional message through the internet. "Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the people who died today in the accident in Cádiz and all the support to our Nursing students who were traveling on the accident bus to do their internships at the UCA Faculty of Medicine," he expressed. .
