A minimum of 40 individuals are dead after their bus plunged off a bridge on the borders of Guatemala’s capital before dawn Monday.
Another 15 individuals were likewise seriously hurt after a multi-vehicle crash triggered the bus to divert off a highway and into a gorge beyond Guatemala City, firefighting representative Edwin Villagran stated. Another main validated that kids were amongst the victims.
The bus fell 115 feet (35 meters) into a sewage-polluted stream, landing upside down and half-submerged.
In a declaration, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo stated the nation’s army and catastrophe relief company would help in action.
Arevalo likewise stated he would state a duration of nationwide grieving.
” I stand in uniformity with the households of the victims who today awakened to heartbreaking news. Their discomfort is my discomfort,” he stated.
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Extra reporting by AP.