Bus plunges off a Guatemala bridge, killing a minimum of 51 passengers
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No less than 51 individuals are lifeless after their bus plunged off a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital, stated Hector Flores, who was serving to coordinate the municipal authorities’s response.
Firefighting spokesman Edwin Villagran stated a multi-vehicle crash despatched the bus off the Belice Bridge earlier than daybreak. Others have been severely injured.
Volunteer firefighting spokesman Óscar Sánchez stated kids have been among the many victims.
The bus fell 115 ft right into a sewage-polluted stream after it collided with two autos and misplaced management, in line with a Municipal Fireplace Division of Guatemala Metropolis spokesperson Carlos Hernández. It crashed by means of a metallic security railing and landed the other way up and half-submerged, trapping survivors, he stated.
The bus had come from Progreso, northeast of the capital. It is a busy bus route that crosses the freeway bridge over a creek.
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President Bernardo Arévalo provided his condolences and declared a day of nationwide mourning.
“I’ve instructed the mobilization of personnel from the Nationwide Military and CONRED to help on website and activate particular standards for medical take care of the wounded,” Arévalo stated in a press release on X. “Moreover, I’ve determined to declare a interval of nationwide mourning, which is able to quickly be formalized by authorities settlement.”
