Tuesday 11 June 2019

BOLIVIA: Salar de Uyuni Flat Accident Claims Two British Teenagers

Two British teenagers have been killed in Bolivia after their speeding car flipped on the world's largest salt flat.

Freddie Michael McLennan and George Joseph Atkins, both 19, were named as victims in the horror crash at the famous Salar de Uyuni flat.

The mangled wreckage of a car that flipped on a salt flat in Bolivia, killing two British teenagers.

A third victim, 22-year-old Bolivian driver Alberto Barco, was also killed, local police announced last night.

Traffic police commander Col. Bernardo Isnado said their car was apparently travelling over the speed limit when it overturned.

Photos and footage posted online showed the mangled wreckage of a black 4x4.

Four other people - believed to be from the UK and Argentina - were injured in the accident on Sunday night.

The Sun Online has contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for comment.

The Salar de Uyuni - roughly meaning "flat enclosure" - is about 186 miles south of the Bolivian capital of La Paz.

At 4,086 sq miles, it is the world's largest salt flat and the main tourist destination in southern Bolivia.

Due to its vast size, the flat is a major transport route and cars are permitted to travel across it.

The car flipped after apparently speeding across the vast salt flat in southern Bolivia on Sunday.

Two British teens and the Bolivian driver were killed in the horror crash, police said.


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