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At least six dead in traffic accident in Huila, Colombia

Bogota, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) At least six people died and twenty were injured in a traffic accident today on the San Agustin-Pitalito road, in the department of Huila, in southwestern Colombia.

Preliminary information indicates that two minors were among the fatal victims who were traveling in a bus, known here as a chiva, which apparently lost its brakes and crashed in a locality of the municipality of Isnos.

The vehicle left the municipality of San Agustín and was on its way to Mocoa, in the department of Putumayo when the accident occurred.

At the scene of the accident, police personnel, together with relief agencies, coordinated the transfer of the injured persons to medical centers in Pitalito and San Agustín, where emergency protocols were activated, according to a report by Blu Radio.

The news source added that the respective investigation has already begun to determine the causes for the accident.

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