13 killed in Argentina bus collision

BUENOS AIRES: Thirteen people were killed and 34 injured when two buses collided head-on in eastern Argentina, the emergency services said.

The buses were full of passengers when they collided on Friday and crashed into a ditch near the city of Rosario, civil defence official Marcos Escajadillo told television channel C5N.

He said investigators had yet to establish the cause of the crash, which occurred on a level road and under good weather conditions.

Two young women were hospitalised in critical condition, a hospital director said.

The bus company Monticas said in a statement that both drivers were killed in the accident and that the two buses, model year 2012, were routinely inspected, had daily maintenance and were in excellent condition. — AFP