26 injured in Bogota public transit crash
Twenty-six people were injured Friday morning when three buses from Bogota’s Mass Transit...
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Accidents on Bogota’s public transportation system triple in 2013: Report
An average of six accidents occur every day on Bogota’s Mass Transit and Public Transport...
TransMilenio collision in Bogota leaves 44 injured
A TransMileno crash in Colombia’s capital of Bogota has resulted in 44 casualties on...
Bogota says car traffic in Colombia’s capital doubled over past decade
The government of Bogota said on Tuesday that car traffic in Colombia’s capital has doubled...
Avianca passenger demand soars
Colombia’s premier airline, Avianca, has recorded a 9.7% jump in passenger demand over the first two months of 2013. A 9.7% rise in passengers, up to 3.9 million during January and February, comes on the tail of increased...
Colombia to introduce motor caps to prevent diseases
Plastic caps will be distributed throughout Colombia to prevent the spread of diseases that grow inside motor helmets, local media reported Tuesday. The program will begin in Neiva, a city in the southwestern Huila department,...
3 die in early morning traffic accidents in Bogota
At least three people have died in early morning traffic collisions early Friday morning in Colombia’s capital, Caracol Radio reported. According to reports, a 38-year-old cyclist crashed into a tractor in the Patio Bonito...
Colombia may limit car sales due to traffic: Report
Colombia’s government is considering a bill that could put a limit on new car sales, which are booming, in an effort to alleviate growing traffic woes, according to a report Wednesday in the leading daily El Tiempo. The...
5 killed in central Colombia road accident
Five members of one family were killed in a traffic accident in central Colombia. The family members were on their way from the city of Neiva to a family reunion in the capital of Bogota when their car crash while trying to...
Bogota bus crash leaves 25 injured
A traffic accident in Colombia’s capital Bogota has left 25 persons injured, local authorities said Monday According to the capital district’s transport secretary, two buses crashed in the Kennedy neighborhood,...
More than 750 pedestrians killed in Colombia in 2011
More than 750 pedestrians have already been killed in traffic accidents in 2011, the director of transit police said Sunday. In an interview with Caracol Radio, police official Rodolfo Palomino said that although the number has...
5 dead in traffic accidents on Colombia’s Caribbean coast
Three traffic accidents claimed the lives of five people on the roads of the northern Colombian department of Sucre during Monday’s public holiday, reported Caracol Radio. Twenty-three others were injured in the crashes....
