Eight people are in delicate condition and about 25 are injured after a bus headed from the eastern province of Cartago to the Panamanian border overturned, Red Cross spokesman Manuel Retana told The Tico Times yesterday.
Officials are unsure of the cause of the accident, which occurred near the Southern Zone town of Palmar Norte at 11:40 a.m. The privately operated bus, which was headed to the Panamanian border area of Paso Canoas on a shopping excursion, flipped over, hitting a light post.
Two of the eight passengers in delicate condition were flown to a San José hospital for treatment; the others are divided among several Southern Zone hospitals and clinics. All of those on board were adults, Retana said, though he could not provide their names. |
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