At least four people have been killed and 50 injured after a bus fell off a cliff in Guatemala, firefighters said on Sunday.
In Quetzaltenango, 200 kilometers from Guatemala City, a bus fell off a cliff on Saturday night.
brigades of @ProvialOficial del @CIVguate Arriving at the Colisión de Bus Estraurbano traffic point and an agricultural bus at km 196 of Ruta CITO-180 (Quetzaltenango) left 3 people dead in the place.
Precaution!#SinRiesgosGT#TUtransporteGT#AtuDestinoSinRiesgosCIV pic.twitter.com/xVTASqCvIj
– PROVIAL Ministerio de Comunicaciones (@ProvialOficial) April 9, 2023
According to the fire department more than 50 people were rescued and four died.
The local press said the bus’s brakes ran out and the driver eventually lost control of the vehicle.
#CruzRojaGT together with CVB and CBMD 50 people hereditarily stabilized, of which 45 were transferred to Hospitales de Retalhuleu and Suchitepéquez, unfortunately 3 people died on the spot due to the severity of the traumas.#NoPodemosPararAfueraNosNecesitan
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— CruzRojaGT (@CRGuatemalteca) April 9, 2023
In 2022, 2,754 people in Guatemala died in road accidents, according to data from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Source: DN
