Rescuers said at least 51 people were killed in Guatemala city on Monday when a guard crashed from a train and drowned in a river, rescue workers said, “The worst of the road in Latin America over the years.” One of the accidents.
The municipal fire department said the bodies of 51 people were recovered from the bus debris, which was carrying more than 70 people when it crashed into a river from the bridge.
The volunteer firefighters group spokesman Victor Gomez, who was involved in rescue efforts, confirmed that “there are 51 bodies in the temporary Morga.”
Rescue workers had already managed to evacuate 10 injured people from the rubble.
Guatemala President Bernardo Irwalo expressed grief over the tragedy and declared an undesirable period of national mourning.
He said, “Today is a difficult day for the Guatemala nation.
The driver lost control of the bus and collided with several small vehicles before drowning on the preparation, the fire department said.
The Carlos Harnands of the department told reporters, “The bus keeps running, the metal railing breaks, and about 20 meters (65 feet) fell into the river until it reaches the stream from sewage. “
AFPTV The photos showed the lines of firefighters that draw the bodies passing through the bodies with wastewater, which were filled with trash, to the slopes on the stretcher.
According to local media, the bus was traveling about 90 km northeast, traveling to the city of Guatemala from the city of San Agustin Acasgostlon, located in the El Progressive Department.
Communications Minister Miguel Angel Diaz said preliminary investigation shows that the bus was 30 years old but he still has a license to work.
He said the reason for the accident was not yet known in the early morning and investigators were considering whether the bus was overloaded with passengers.
Road accidents are common in Central and South America.
In January 2018, 52 people were killed in Peru when a bus fell from a mountain on a coast north of the capital Lima.
In Brazil, 54 people were killed in a tourist bus accident in the southern Santa Catarina in March 2015.
