The Mossos are investigating whether there were too many standing passengers on the Fogars bus that left 87 injured

The Mossos d'Esquarda are investigating whether the bus that yesterday plunged about ten meters down an embankment on the BV-5114 in Fogars de Monclús (Barcelona), whose driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs, was traveling with too many standing passengers.

The accident occurred around 4:43 p.m. yesterday, when, for reasons that are being investigated, the bus, with 65 seats, ended up leaving the road, a narrow curved road, and falling down a slope, causing injuries to 87 people, of whom fifty are still hospitalized, nine of them in critical, semi-critical or resuscitation units.

In statements to journalists at the Fire Brigade command center, the chief sub-inspector of the regional traffic area of ​​the Mossos d'Esquadra in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona), Quique Granero, reported that the driver of the bus had tested negative for alcohol and drugs.

The investigation and transport unit of the Mossos d'Esquadra will try to find out the causes of the accident, so they are now in the data collection phase to try to clarify what happened.

The head of the Mossos has stressed that the regulations allow some passengers to be standing on this type of service, although he has indicated that they are trying to clarify how many of the users of the bus, which has 65 seats, were standing, to determine if there were too many.

In fact, the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, said this Monday that it would be necessary to assess whether the current regulations on passenger transport should be changed so that passengers do not walk standing.

The bus continued the uphill route from a campsite to Santa Fe del Montseny, as detailed by the police officer.