El Alto (Bolivia): A heart-wrenching news has emerged from the city of El Alto, located near La Paz, the administrative capital of the South American country Bolivia. Shortly after taking off on Friday evening, a plane went out of control and fell on the main road. At least 15 people died tragically in this horrific accident, while more than 30 people are injured. But the scene seen after the accident raised questions on human sensibilities. As soon as the plane fell, it started raining notes and people started collecting money instead of helping the injured.

Crowd went out of control after seeing crores of cash, police fired water cannon

As the plane fell, new notes worth crores of rupees kept in it got scattered all over the road. In the video going viral on social media, it can be seen that on one side smoke was rising from the debris and people were shouting for help, while on the other side hundreds of people were running like crazy to stuff the cash scattered on the ground in their pockets. The crowd became so unruly that police had to disperse people using water cannons and riot control equipment to initiate rescue operations. Bolivia’s Central Bank later confirmed that the plane was carrying a shipment of new notes to the interior of the country.

Dozens of vehicles were targeted as soon as they fell on the road

According to eyewitnesses, the plane had just taken off from El Alto International Airport when suddenly it started diving due to technical fault or bad weather. The plane fell directly on the busy main road and hit more than a dozen vehicles passing by. The collision was so severe that many cars were completely shattered. As soon as the plane fell on the road, a massive fire broke out, causing screams all around.

Airport closed, high level investigation ordered

After this horrific accident, El Alto International Airport has been closed with immediate effect and all flights have been suspended. Fire department chief Pavel Tovar said that the dead included the plane’s crew as well as civilians walking on the road. Bolivia’s Defense Ministry and Air Force have formed a joint investigation team to determine the real cause of the accident. At present, the condition of many of the injured admitted in hospitals remains critical.