Thirteen people are dead and 37 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in a mountainous area of central Ecuador, officials say.
The governor of Tungurahua province, Lira Villalba, told reporters the bus went off the road between the provincial capital Ambato and the town of Pillaro on Wednesday. Initial investigations have shown brake failure was the likely cause.
About 40 people were aboard the bus at the time of the accident, the television network said.
The injured were taken to clinics in Ambato, Ecuavisa said.
Road accidents are a serious problem in Ecuador, with an annual average of 33 deaths per 100,000 residents - one of the highest mortality rates in Latin America.
Over the past four years, an average of about 4800 people have died each year in road accidents in the Andean nation - or 13 people a day, according to road safety watchdog group Justicia Vial.
Wednesday 26 December 2012
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