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A Bolivian subject cargo level carrying wealth crashed Friday adjacent Bolivia's capital, damaging astir a twelve vehicles connected a highway, scattering bills connected the crushed and leaving astatine slightest 15 radical dead, an authoritative said.
Pavel Tovar, a section occurrence chief, did not clarify whether the dormant were successful the level oregon successful the cars connected the road adjacent the airdrome successful La Paz. He said determination were radical injured.
The craft struck vehicles successful the metropolis of El Alto, which is adjacent to La Paz, earlier coming to remainder successful a field, according to images circulating connected societal media. There were conflicting reports of whether the level was taking disconnected oregon landing erstwhile it crashed.
Rescue teams locomotion adjacent the wreckage of a cargo level that crashed successful El Alto, Bolivia, connected Feb. 27, 2026.
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Debris from the craft destroyed cars, and bodies littered the road. According to Tovar, astatine slightest 15 vehicles were involved. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames engulfing the aircraft.
The plane, a Hercules craft belonging to the Bolivian aerial force, was transporting caller banknotes from the Central Bank to different cities and a ample fig of bills scattered connected the crushed astatine the clang site.
Images circulating connected societal media showed radical rushing to cod the bills portion constabulary successful riot cogwheel tried to disperse them
Authorities temporarily suspended each flights to and from the terminal.
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