At least 51 dead in Guatemala after bus plunges from highway bridge Vehicle headed toward capital city fell 20 metres into polluted ravine, leaving people trapped in wreckage.
At least 51 people have died after a bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City, leaving survivors trapped in the wreckage.
“The bus kept going, broke through a metal railing, and fell into a ravine about 20 metres (65ft) deep until it reached the sewage-contaminated river,” the department’s Carlos Hernandez told reporters.
Images shared by the fire department on social media showed the bus partially submerged in wastewater surrounded by victims’ bodies.
The communications minister, Miguel Angel Diaz, said an initial investigation showed that the bus was 30 years old but still had a license to operate.
