Chile - Bad accident with members of Batchelet's campaign team

[SharonAnn]

http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=204066

El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile - Dec. 6, 2005

Five were killed in a front-end collision this afternoon. The five deaths were members of the Batchelet young people's campaign group, including the musical group Saiko.

Batchelet has cancelled campaign activities, including a campaign closing event tomorrow.

[Judi Lynn]

1. This is the only English language article I can find on the accident

Chile: crash of bus carrying presidential candidate's supporters kills five

04:55 2005-12-07
A bus carrying supporters of a Chilean socialist presidential candidate returning from a campaign rally crashed head-on with a truck Tuesday, killing five people and injuring 20, officials said.

The crash occurred on a bridge south of Chile's capital, Santiago, sending the bus plunging four meters (yards) to a dry area near the bank of a river, said Carlos Soto, a commander for the fire department. Soto said four passengers in the bus and the driver of the truck died.

Rene Jofre, a campaign worker for Socialist Party candidate Michelle Bachelet, said the bus was bringing young people back to the capital after a rally in Temuco, 650 kilometers (400 miles) south of Santiago. Chile's presidential elections are on Dec. 11.

Bachelet canceled the campaign rally she was attending in Santiago and rushed to visit the crash victims. With tears in her eyes, Bachelet said she was devastated. "This causes us a great pain," she said, also canceling a rally scheduled for Wednesday in Santiago to close her campaign.
(snip/...)

http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/12/07/69360.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Very, very sad event. Thanks for posting this.

[SharonAnn]

2. Thanks, I couldn't find an English version. That's pretty much it.

My husband is in Chile right now and sent me a picture he had taken with her about an hour before the accident. He's the one who told me what happened, so naturally I checked El Mercurio (www.elmo.com) and found the article.