Twenty Argentine tourists injured after bus overturns in Uruguay

About twenty Argentine tourists were injured after a passenger bus overturned close to the Uruguayan town of Salto, police officials said.

“A passenger bus carrying over 40 Argentine tourists overturned while it was heading to the San Nicanor hot springs outside of Salto, leaving twenty people injured,” a Salto police official said. 

“All the passengers injured were taken to the hospital in Salto,” he added.

According to local officials, the poor state of the roads and the heavy rains the day before, were to blame for the accident.