Two people died this afternoon in the City neighborhood of Balvanera and three others ended seriously injured in a violent car accident in which a fire truck crashed into a car and a bus in the corner of Bartolomé Mitre and Pueyrredón avenue.
The fatal accident occurred when the fire truck tried to cross Bartolomé Mitre with the red light on and found on its way a car that fully hit it, said the head of emergency services SAME, Alberto Crescenti.
Moreover, and just one blocks from there and with few minutes apart, a bus crashed against a small cafe at the corner of Rivadavia and Pueyrredón avenues. There, three men and six women that were inside the store suffered multiple injuries and were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
Federal Police officers are working in both places to try to establish the causes of accidents.
At least 22 SAME ambulances are working in the place.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald