A bus from the Germánico Zambrano cooperative ran over a group of people, including paramedics, who were on the Santo Domingo-Quinindé-Esmeraldas road, on the morning of this Monday, June 3.

The victims remained on a section of the route due to emergency response to a road accident that occurred minutes before, around 9:30.

At the site, an ambulance had been parked so that paramedics could offer first aid to several people injured in a road accident.

The people who were traveling by motorcycle had been left with injuries after having had an accident

Due to this novelty, some witnesses had settled around the scene.

However, in the midst of these emergent proceedings, the bus driver G. Zambrano did not notice the presence of the people on the road and ended up hitting several of them, including those injured in the first accident, and paramedics.

Prior to the crash, several witnesses tried to give warning, however, they could not prevent the accident.

In the midst of the commotion of those present, one of the citizens who was hit was taken from the bottom of the bus and placed on the side of the road.

For now, it was preliminarily known that two people died and one was injured by this second incident on that route.