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Passengers watch as bus plunges from Bolivia's 'death road'
The driver had made the passengers disembark before attempting a particularly dangerous stretch of the infamous road.
A BUS DRIVER has reportedly been killed in Bolivia after his vehicle plunged from the road known as ‘el camino del muerte’, or the ‘death road’.
According to videos posted online, the driver made his 50 passengers disembark before attempting a particularly dangerous stretch of the road.
The North Yungas Road runs between Coroico and La Paz and is notoriously for its dangerous driving conditions.
Some of the onlooking passengers were attempting to help the driver to navigate the road when the bus skidded on the rubble-strewn path and fell down a ravine:
Warning: Contains footage some viewers may find disturbing
(Video via 007comfort)
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