A bus veered off a freeway bridge right into a polluted ravine in Guatemala Metropolis early on Monday, killing at the least 51 folks and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the town’s hearth division mentioned.
The densely packed bus was touring into the capital from the city of San Agustin Acasaguastlan on a busy route into the town from when it plunged roughly 20 meters from Puente Belice, a freeway bridge that crosses over a highway and creek.
The spokesman, Carlos Hernandez, mentioned the our bodies of 36 males and 15 girls had been despatched to a provincial morgue arrange for the accident.
Photos shared by the fireplace division on social media confirmed the bus partially submerged in wastewater surrounded by victims’ our bodies. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo declared three days of nationwide mourning and deployed the nation’s military and catastrophe company to help response efforts.
“I stand in solidarity with the households of the victims who in the present day woke as much as heartbreaking information. Their ache is my ache,” Arevalo mentioned on social media.
