The accident killed at least 11 people. About 20 people were injured. According to Info7, the traffic accident occurred in La Araucania area after six hours of local time on the route connecting Victoria and Curacautin, about 600 kilometers from Santiago.
Police reported that the incident occurred when people were already returning from the tour home. At the time of the accident in the car there were 45 people.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and eventually the bus toppled over the side of the road. At the moment, most of the wounded remain in serious condition, they were taken to hospitals in the cities of Victoria, Temuco and Kurakoutin.
At the same time, local authorities report that the mayor of the village of Tirua Adolfo.
On the bus there were also the elders of the Mapuche Indian group and the officials of the Department of Health.
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet and the Ministry of Health of the country expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the German city of Kuksgafen, the car hit pedestrians. The incident occurred around noon. As a result of the attack, six people were injured, five of them were hospitalized, one man was in the intensive care unit, his condition was extremely difficult.