Death Window, Lima Combi Bus
Looking through El Fotógrafo’s photos of the car crash in our neighborhood in April, I was struck by the irony of this image:
The driver of the combi had just crashed his busload of passengers into a small car driven by a mother with her preschool daughter. Medics had already arrived on the scene to cart the wounded to the hospital.
Combi drivers in Lima are notorious for their recklessness, which borders on the suicidal.
Under the skull and crossed daggers, the message in yellow reads:
“Si no manejo bien, llama a tu hermana” (If I’m not driving well, call your sister).
Barbara
I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.
