Serious Accident Impacts Boca’s Route to Potosí: Updates on Logistics and Safety Measures

2024-04-01 16:32:59
Serious accident on the route that Boca must take to reach Potosí

After the 2-1 victory in the classic against San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors was one step away from the qualification zone for the quarterfinals in the League Cup. While waiting for what will be the transcendental match next Saturday with Newell’s, in Rosario, Diego Martínez’s team will face its debut in the Copa Sudamericana.

This Wednesday from 9 pm, Xeneize will have to face Nacional de Potosí in Bolivia in what will be the first date of Group D. It will be a special match since the Argentine team will play at the Víctor Agustín Ugarte stadium, which is located 4,000 meters above sea level. That is why the delegation will have to face a journey to reach the city hosting the meeting, since it will not be able to land by plane because the airport is not in condition.

Faced with this scenario, in the last hours An accident occurred that could change Boca’s logistics on its first international excursion of the year. This Sunday night, a bus and a car collided on the route that connects Sucre and Potosí, the same one that will be carried out by the team led by Martínez. The outcome of the incident was serious: four dead and 36 injured in the crash that occurred in the town of Yotala, half an hour from the first destination.

According to the Bolivian newspaper Correo del Sur, the accident occurred when one of the vehicles involved invaded the opposite lane and, due to this situation, the bus from the Transtin Dilrey company overturned, according to reports from the Mejillones Departmental Fire Department. The authorities’ report established that among the deceased were two women (aged 65 and 28), a man (37 years old) and a six-year-old girl.

For their part, the injured were transferred to the Santa Bárbara de Sucre hospital, the Los Angeles clinic and also to the Red Cross, Oscar Oña, in charge of the Medical Emergency Coordination Center, told local media.

A bus crashed on the route between Sucre-Potosí (Courtesy Correo del Sur)

“The first people arrived by taxi and car to the hospitals and were not very serious, but as time passed, people arrived with more serious injuries that required medical attention. The hospital is full and we give priority to those who are most seriously ill, with injuries to the spine, head and arms,” Roja told the Bolivian press.

After the fact, the authorities could suggest to Boca managers that they make a modification in their planning for the team’s return after the match in Potosí. Journalist Gustavo Kuffner, who will report on the premiere of Xeneize in the Sudamericana on the DSports screen, arrived in Sucre and commented that they will ask the Argentine team not to return to Sucre immediately after the game to return to the country.

“There is a request from the authorities of Sucre, and I understand that also from Potosí, for them to return at 5:30 in the morning, which is when dawn begins. It dawns with a lot of fog, due to the amplitude of the temperature, cold and heat, and that generates fog. So, what they want to try is for Boca not to go down to Sucre to return with a little more peace of mind,” the journalist added.

It should be noted that the Argentine club delegation will travel the section where the serious accident occurred divided into 4×4 trucks due to the complexity of the terrain. As the town where the field is located is not fully prepared for the visit of elite international contingents, Boca’s plan will be to travel to Sucre, the capital of Bolivia, which is located 158 kilometers from the stadium. But to the first flight from Ezeiza to Sucre, which will last about three hours by charter, we must add that the blue and gold delegation will not be able to stay in the same hotel due to a matter of capacity: yes, the squad, coaching staff, leaders and assistants They will have to divide themselves in two and coordinate income and expenses at all times.

The institution confirmed to Infobae that they were trying to process improvements in transfers, access and rest so that the players’ stay is more bearable and they are not harmed physically on the field. Although the truth is that the worst part will be the rally that the footballers will be subjected to within hours of going out on the field.

The Boca contingent will leave in different groups in 4×4 minibuses that are adapted to mountain roads so as not to resort to the delay that a long-distance bus would generate. They calculate that the savings between one type of vehicle and another is three hours: the combis will cross winding gravel paths in just three hours, when the buses would do it in six. A bus of that type was the one that ended up collapsing and caused a serious accident with multiple deaths and complex injuries.

At first, the return of the delegation was scheduled for Thursday morning, but this could change the intention of the coach, who would decide to preserve a large part of the starters, who would not even travel to Bolivia to prepare for the duel against Newell’s of the weekend. For that reason, Martínez would have an unprecedented starting eleven to face the debut of the Sudamericana. Surnames like those of Marcos Rojo, Edinson Cavani, Luis Advíncula, Miguel Merentiel and other key players could stay in Buenos Aires.

Diego Martínez would leave most of the starters in Argentina to face the debut of the Copa Sudamericana (Fotobaires)
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