14 feared dead, 22 injured after Delhi-bound Uttarakhand state transport bus falls into gorge

At least 14 people are feared killed after a Delhi-bound bus of the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) fell into a deep gorge in the hills of Almora district on Saturday afternoon.

As many as 22 were injured when the speeding bus carrying around 36 passengers slipped into the gorge.

The district disaster management control room said rescue and search operation started immediately after the accident that took place around 1pm at village Thyadi in Bhanoli Tehsil.

Senior officials including the district magistrate and the senior superintendent of police rushed to the accident site.

“The gorge is too deep and narrow. It has made rescue operations difficult. So far, 10 bodies have been recovered by the rescue teams. Fourteen passengers are feared dead,” said Shyam Singh Rawat, Bhanoli police station in-charge .

According to the disaster management control room, the UTC bus (No: UK 07 PA 1093) was moving at more than the prescribed speed during a steep climb. It lost control and plunged into the gorge, which is more than 50m deep.

All the injured persons were rushed to Dhauldevi block hospital for medical aid. The bus was going to Delhi from Munsyari block and took a route that Delhi-bound corporation buses don't usually take.

Saturday 20 June 2015

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17 killed in Peru bus fall

A truck carrying schoolchildren home from a parade has fallen into a ravine in Peru’s Andes Mountains, killing 17 people and injuring 33, authorities said.

Five of the injured are in “grave condition” after the accident near the remote community of Cahuac, 160 miles north east of the capital, Lima, said hospital director Rosa Pascual.

Fifteen of the dead were pupils aged nine to 15.

The truck was returning from a flag day parade when it fell about 1,000ft into the ravine, said Huanuco governor Ruben Alva.

School director Yonel Espinoza said the children decided to get in the back of the truck because they wanted to avoid the 90-minute walk from the parade site back to Cahuac, where they lived.

Peru’s transport system is plagued by old vehicles and poor roads, often through mountainous regions, contributing to a high accident rate. According to the transport minister, 3,110 people died in road accidents in Peru in 2013.

Tuesday 9 June 2015

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Bus falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh, leaves 15 dead, 17 injured

On Tuesday, at least 15 people were killed and another 17 were injured after a private bus fell into 400 feet gorge in Rohtrung village in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district.

Reportedly, about 35 passengers were on board. The bus was on its way from Sangla valley to Kalpa when the mishap took place.

The driver and conductor were among the dead while all seventeen injured persons have been rescued and rushed to a local hospital.

“All seventeen injured persons have been rescued and rushed to a local hospital nearby. While, the bodies of the deceased have been recovered and will be handed over to the family members after "an on the spot postmortem",” said Deputy Commissioner D D Sharma said.

“The toll could even rise as four injured persons are in a critical condition,” he added.

Reportedly, the victims are mostly from surrounding villages of Sangla and are yet to be identified.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

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20 die as bus plunges down cliff in Southern Peru

At least 20 people died and another 11 were injured when a passenger bus plunged Saturday into a 200-meter (655-foot) ravine in the southern Peruvian region of Apurimac, National Police said.

The accident occurred at kilometer 313 (mile 194) on the highway between the towns of Puquio and Chalhuanca, as the bus was en route from Nazca province in the coastal region of Ica to Cuzco in the Andes.

The bus fell off the edge of a cliff, tumbling into a 200-meter ravine. At the moment police are investigating the cause of the incident, however this section of the highway is notoriously known as `siete vueltas,´or seven turns.

According to a preliminary report, 11 women and 9 men died in the crash.

The passengers were on their way to take part in the traditional religious feast of Our Lord of Huanca.

The main day of Señor de Huanca is celebrated on September 14th. Falling upon a Sunday this year, the ceremony is characterized by a massive pilgrimage of devotees.

“It’s a difficult area for rescue work, and no bodies have yet been recovered,” a police official in Chalhuanca told RPP Noticias radio.

Corps of volunteer firefighters have reached the scene of the accident and have taken the injured to a nearby hospital, while work continues to recover the bodies of the dead.

Accidents of this kind are common in Peru’s interior, mostly caused by vehicles and highways in a poor state of repair, careless driving and the rough terrain.

Sunday 14 September 2014

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Thirty killed in truck crash in Central African Republic

At least 30 people were killed when an truck carrying oil and laden with passengers plunged into a ravine in Central African Republic, a local official said on Saturday.

The accident took place near the town of Boali, some 95 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital Bangui, on the main road to the Cameroonian border. The highway is used to transport food and supplies to the Central African capital.

"The vehicle was transporting cans of oil and there were a lot of people travelling on top," Mathurine Gbadin, deputy prefect of Boali, told. "It wanted to overtake another vehicle and plunged into a ravine."

Gbadin said at least 30 people were killed and dozens more injured had been transported to Bangui by African Union peacekeepers.

Saturday 13 September 2014

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12 killed, over 20 injured as bus falls into ravine in Kshmir

At least 16 people were killed and over 20 others were injured Monday when a speeding bus fell into a ravine in Azad Kashmir’s Mirpur area.

The ill-fated bus with some 60 people on board skidded off a mountain highway and plunged into the ravine in Mirpur city of Kashmir.

The over-speeded bus was carrying passengers from Samahni to Mirpur area when the driver lost control over the vehicle, which fell into the ravine.

Police ad rescue workers reached at the site and retrieved the people from the destroyed bus with the help of local volunteers.

The injured people have been shifted to Mirpur hospital where several of them are said to be in critical condition.

Police has started an investigation into the incident.

Monday 21 July 2014

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18 killed in bus accident in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

At least 18 people were killed today when the driver of a passenger van lost control and the vehicle plunged about 150 metres into a ravine in the mountainous region of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The van was on its way from Thakot to Battagram in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province when it plunged into the ravine near Kotgala village.

Eighteen passengers on board the van were killed when the driver lost control and the vehicle fell about 150 metres into the ravine, Noor Wali, a police official, said.

He said the rescue teams struggled to retrieve the bodies due to steep slopes and thick foliage.

The dead bodies were shifted to district headquarter hospital Battagram.

Road accidents are common in Pakistan where hundreds are killed every year due to traffic accidents.

At least 12 people were killed in a similar incident in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over the weekend.

Careless driving, bad roads and faulty vehicles are common causes of such accidents.

Wednesday 16 July 2014

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14 killed as bus falls into gorge near Shimla

At least 14 persons, including former MLA and senior BJP leader Mehar Singh Chauhan, were killed and more than 35 others injured when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus fell into a 150-foot gorge at Balghar near Theog, 35 kms from here, this evening.

Eight women and two children died on the spot, while three others, including Chauhan, a former Janata Party MLA from Theog who later joined BJP, succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital.

The bus, carrying about 55 to 60 passengers, was on its way from Theog to Talli Neri village when the accident took place.

Police report said that twelve bodies were recovered on the spot while two succumbed to injury on the way to hospital. Most of the injured have been rushed to Theog zonal hospital.

Shimla Superintendent of Police Abhishek Dullar earlier said, "Eight women and two children died on the spot and their bodies have been handed over to their relatives after on-the- spot post-mortem, while the injured have been rushed to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC)." The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained and police have registered a case and started investigations.

Two passengers with serious conditions were rushed to PGI while 40 others were admitted in IGMC hospital, Shimla.

The accident took place in the Balahsun area of Shimla district at 1700 hours. All the deceased have been identified.

Most of the injured are reported of young age and women. Rescue operation lasted till late evening.

Tuesday 27 May 2014

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17 killed, 34 injured after bus falls into gorge in Jammu

Seventeen people were killed and 34 others injured when a passenger bus rolled down into a 400-feet deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district in the wee hours of Tuesday.

The bus, which was on its way to Srinagar from Jammu, skidded off the road and rolled down into the gorge in Digdol area around 2.30 am due to the alleged negligence of the driver, police said. 17 people, including six women and a child were killed, and 34 others injured, 17 of them seriously in the mishap, they said.

Soon after the accident, army, police, quick response teams (QRTs), and CRPF led by Deputy Superintendent of Police S Bali launched rescue and search operation and recovered the bodies from the gorge, he said. The injured are being shifted to District Hospital Ramban, they said.

Authorities pressed into service chopper and airlifted 17 critically injured passengers to GMC Hospital in Jammu for specialised treatment, he said.

The bus was carrying some tourists, a group of students from Poonch going to the Kashmir Valley for taking part in a recruitment drive and some labourers including those from Gujarat and Punjab.

Some of the injured passengers told police that the driver was asked to break the journey and rest for some time but be decided to go ahead. The accident took place due to the "negligence of the driver", a police officer said. Most of the bodies recovered were badly mutilated, he said.

Newly-elected BJP MP of Udhampur Constituency Jitendra Singh expressed grief over the accident and loss of lives.He expressed sympathies with the family members of deceased. Singh, who is Delhi to attend the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, urged authorities to provide medicare facilities to the injured and compensation to families of the deceased.

Tuesday 20 May 2014

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17 killed, 12 injured as bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh

17 people were killed and 12 seriously wounded when a bus fell about 400 metres into a gorge near Milla village of Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

While seven victims died on the spot, two on way to hospital and eight persons succumbed to their injuries at Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur SP Sumedha said.

All the bodies have been recovered and ten out of seventeen victims identified.

The injured were rushed to nearby Shillai hospital and shifted to Sub Divisional hospital, Paonta Sahib, after administering first aid.

The condition of five injured persons was stated to be critical and they are being referred to PGI, Chandigarh.

The bus was on its way from Milla to Paonta Sahib when the tragedy struck.

Seventeen persons have been admitted to hospital at Poanta while four were admitted at Shillai.

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.

Most of the accident victims hail from Milla and Magnal village while one of the deceased was from village Phadog.

Deadly traffic accidents are common in India. In January, a bus crash killed 27 people in the western state of Maharashtra.

Around 140,000 people were killed in Indian road accidents in 2012 - which works out to 16 an hour - according to the government’s National Crime Records Bureau.

Bad roads, speeding vehicles and poor driving were among the contributing factors.

Tuesday 08 April 2014

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11 killed, eight injured in road accident near Murree

Eleven passengers were killed while a dozen got multiple injuries when a Rawalpindi-bound passenger van plunged into a ravine at a Salgran, a picnic spot in Murree, on Sunday.

The bus, which was carrying 20 passengers from the hill town of Murree to Rawalpindi, lost traction on a slippery road amid rainfall, rolling on its side as it fell down a slope.

According to officials of Rescue 1122, a passenger van (LES 1923) coming from Rawalpindi with 25 people on board met an accident at Salgran, a famous tourist spot near Rawalpindi, and plunged into 150-meter deep ravine. As a result, as many as 11 passengers died at the spot while a dozen got multiple injuries, who were later shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Islamabad.

"Eleven passengers have been killed while a dozen got multiple injuries in the accident. The injured and dead bodies have been shifted to PIMS," In charge Rescue 1122 Rawalpindi told The Nation.

A spokesperson of PIMS also confirmed that 11 dead bodies were shifted to PIMS while 12 injured were admitted to the emergency ward.

Officials of Murree Police Station said rescue operation was over and initial investigations were on. The rescuers said the victims trapped in the wreckage of the wagon were pulled out after cutting the body of the vehicle.

"We will investigate thoroughly to sort out what had made the ill-fated van plunge into ravine," Muhammad Sohail, officer on duty at Murree Police Station, said when contacted. He did not rule out the possibility of bad weather causing the accident.

It is worthy of mentioning here that it was the second accident in the current year as on January 8, 2014, a dozen of passengers were killed when two passenger busses had collided with each other and plunged into ravine at the same spot of Salgran.

Since January 2013, more than 130 people have been killed or injured in 11 traffic accidents on the same spot at Salgran.

The popular hill resort Murree is situated around 50 kilometres northeast of Islamabad and attracts tourists from across the country.

Bus accidents are common on the mountainous track to the hill town because of careless driving and speeding.

However, after the latest accident, the residents of the area have criticised the local administration and the traffic police for their failure to check speeding and overloading by the public transporters which they said was the major cause of the increasing fatal accidents in the mountainous area.

Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

Monday 24 March 2014

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Kenya: 15 perish in Matatu crash at Nandi Hills

Fifteen people died in a road accident at Chebarus area of Nandi Hills town yesterday. Six sustained serious in- juries when the matatu plunged down a cliff at around 8am. Five of them were members of one family. They boarded the matatu at Langas estate in Eldoret town. They were travelling to their rural home at oyugis in Rachwonyo subcounty.

The vehicle belonging to Citizen Road Service plunged down the cliff, killing the driver and the conductor as well. The matatu was headed to Kisii. Nandi east police boss Patrick Macharia said the matatu was speeding and overloaded. It lost control at a corner near Chepsangor village.

Fourteen passengers died instantly while one succumbed to injuries at Nandi Hills district Hospital. Residents and volunteers from Kenya Red Cross assisted the police to retrieve the bodies. The bodies of 12 men and three women were taken to Nandi Hills district Hospital.

Macharia expressed shock at the accident. He said the driver may have failed to slow down at the sharp corner. Macharia was with Nandi deputy Governor Dominic Biwott. He said the corner is a sharp corner. "Drivers must exercise caution while driving," Biwott said.

Salgaa, located on the Nakuru-Eldoret road is one of the country’s black spots, with many road accidents occurring there.

Several accidents have occurred at the spot, the latest being on Saturday night when 12 members of the same family perished on their way back from a dowry-paying event.

“We are stressing the need to observe road safety regulations. That is what we are doing here at Salgaa,” Kimaru said. “Witnesses have told our officers that the (Kisii-bound) matatu was going down the hill at dangerously high speed.”

Biwott said a month ago, He said the road lacks signs and side barriers. "We appeal to the Kenya National Highways Highways Authority to put up road signs," Biwott said.

It was not immediately clear if the dead included people outside of the matatu.

Kenya’s road safety record is one of the worst with 3,200 people having been killed in road accidents in the country last year according to statistics from Traffic Police headquarters.

Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau has assured Kenyans he is determined to minimise road accident fatalities after initiating various measures – including the use of alcoblow – which aid police to identify and prosecute drunk drivers, both during the day and at night.

The government also imposed strict guidelines for night travel which many transport operators have failed to meet.

Wednesday 12 March 2014

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At least 14 dead in bus accident in northern Philippines

Fourteen people, including two foreign-tourists, were killed after a passenger bus from Manila fell into a 120-meter ravine in a mountainous area along the Banaue-Bontoc Road in sitio Paggang, Barangay Talubin in Bontoc town on Friday morning.

The crash happened in Bontoc, a resort town 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of Manila known for its mountainside rice terraces.

Thirty-one others were injured, said Police Provincial Director Oliver Enmodias.

Police reported that a Florida (TXT 872) passenger bus was negotiating a difficult part of the road in Bontoc town, near the boundary of Ifugao and Mountain Province when it plunged into the ravine.

The Office of Civil Defence said the bus from Manila had about 47 passengers on board. Fairlane Amungan, a provincial disaster response official, said authorities were still determining the exact number of people on the bus as they searched for more victims.

The bus came from its terminal in Sampaloc, Manila. The accident happened at around 7:20 a.m.

Supt. Ramir Saculles, Mt. Province deputy police director for Operations, said that most of the recovered bodies were mutilated due to the impact of the crash.

Fourteen of the passengers died on the spot including a Canadian and a Dutch national, he said.

Among the injured were a Dutch woman and the driver of the bus, who were taken to hospital, Enmodias added.

Local police spokesman Superintendent Davy Vicente Limmong said they suspect human error or a mechanical problem was the cause of the accident, as there was no traffic and the weather was clear

Saculles said that there is a possibility that the driver of the bus dosed off. He also mentioned that mechanical trouble could have also caused the accident.

Mt. Province Gov. Leonard Mayaen assured that the local government will do its best to be able to provide the needs of the victims.

Poorly-maintained buses are the backbone of land transport in the Philippines but they have been involved in frequent accidents, leading to calls for tighter regulations

Friday 07 February 2014

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11 killed, four injured as jeep plunges into ravine in Chitral

At least 11 people were killed and four others injured when a Chitral-bound jeep fell into a ravine in the Marwai area of the district here on Saturday.

According to District Police Officer (DPO), Ghulam Hussain, the ill-fated passenger jeep was en route to Chitral from Shogram when it fell into a deep ravine at Marwai due to the dilapidated condition of the road and over-speeding. Subsequently, 11 people were killed whereas four others sustained injuries.

On receiving information, local police and volunteers rushed to the scene and retrieved the bodies and injured after hectic efforts.

The bodies and injured persons were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Chitral.

Three of the deceased persons were identified.

Rescue work was underway.

Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

Saturday 25 January 2014

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32 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Thailand

At least 32 people were killed and five critically injured today when a speeding bus plunged into a ravine in northeast Thailand.

The bus, coming from Khon Kaen was enroute to Chiang Rai province, crashed into the guard rail of a bridge in Phetachbun district and fell into the 50-metre deep ravine, police said.

The bus was carrying 40 people, they said, adding 27 bodies were found in the bus and many more outside.

Five critically injured were rushed to two hospitals where one of them died.

Information about the remaining three persons was not immediately available.


The mishap occurred as millions of Thai motorists are expected to travel during the New Year holidays.

Traffic accidents are common in Thailand. Earlier in October, at least 20 people were killed when a tour bus carrying elderly Buddhist devotees plunged into a ravine in the country's northeast.

According to a recent report by the World Health Organisation, Thailand witnessed some 38.1 road deaths per 100,000 of population, compared to an average of 18.5 in Southeast Asia as a whole.

Friday 27 December 2013

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15 killed, seven injured as vehicle falls into gorge

Fifteen persons were killed and seven seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Pithoragarh district early this morning.

The mishap occurred at Tauldhar, about 6 km from Dharchula near India-Nepal border in the district at 7.30 AM, killing 15 persons on the spot and leaving seven others injured, Dharchula SDM Pramod Kumar said.

All the bodies have been recovered and the injured have been admitted to a community health centre at Dharchula, he said.

The vehicle carrying milk and vegetable vendors from Ranthi to Dharchula fell into the gorge when the driver lost control near a sharp bend, he said.

The reasons behind the accident is being ascertained but apparently it was caused due to overloading, he said.

Wednesday 20 November 2013

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7 dead after minibus plunges into ravine

A minibus transporting 13 tourists, believed to be Chinese, plunged into a 15-meter-deep ravine Monday after experiencing engine trouble on the narrow, treacherous road at Jl. Pantai Suluban, Pecatu in South Kuta.

As of 9 p.m., the local authorities had confirmed that seven people had been killed in the accident, including the driver, the tourist guide and five tourists. The number of fatalities is feared to rise since several passengers were still receiving intensive treatment in local hospitals.

Severely injured passengers were rushed to Kasih Ibu Hospital in Kedonganan; Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) in Nusa Dua; Surya Husada Hospital in Siligita; and Sanglah General Hospital in Denpasar.

The police and hospitals have yet to release the identities of the victims. There was also contradictory information about the nationalities of the victims, with the police identifying them as Chinese, while the local chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) stated they were Taiwanese. The driver is believed to be an Indonesian national, identified as Agus Bachtiar Usman.

The accident took place on Monday afternoon at around 2:45 p.m. local time. The minibus fell into a ravine near Blue Point Hotel on Jl. Pantai Suluban.

Bali Traffic Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Beno Lauhenapessy said that the minibus was moving along the main road that connects Padang Padang Beach with the famous Uluwatu Temple. It was reported that the group planned to visit the temple, which is perched on a cliff and was believed to be the enlightenment site of an influential 16th century Hindu sage.

At an uphill and angled section of the road, the minibus’ engine stuttered before suddenly dying out.

“The bus driver put the brakes on for several minutes. When the driver tried to turn on engine and move forward, it suddenly switched off again and the bus moved backward before plunging into a 15-meter-deep ravine,” Beno explained.

The locals and, later on, emergency crew from the Denpasar National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) scrambled to the accident site and had to navigate difficult terrain to evacuate the victims. It took them three hours to complete the task.

Police were still investigating the exact cause of the fatal accident. Beno said that the police had yet to make any conclusions about the cause of the accident. “We are still investigating the case, and we will surely investigate it in a thorough manner,” he said.

Beno added that the Bali Traffic Police would evaluate the safety signs and equipment installed on the accident-prone road.

“Since there has been an accident, we will improve the infrastructure on roads that are prone to accidents. It will include providing traffic signs to show all motorists that the road is dangerous,” Beno said.

Dudut Rustyadi, head of the forensic facility of Sanglah General Hospital, confirmed that the facility had received the bodies of all the fatalities.

“We will carry out a postmortem examination on all the victims once we receive an official notice from the police,” he said.

Tuesday 19 November 2013

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Bus accident in Sri Lanka leaves 10 dead

Adding to the list of bus tragedies, yet another bus plunged down a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 10 and injuring many others.

At least 10 people were killed and 18 others injured when a bus skidded off a road and plunged down a cliff in central Sri Lanka, police said on Tuesday.

According to a police statement the bus from a state-owned company was travelling along a mountain road in the central hill town of Bandarawela when it veered off the road and fell down a 350-foot precipice on Monday night.

Five women and five men were killed, while the 18 injured included the driver and the conductor, the statement said. Investigations are on to find the cause of the crash.

Rescue operations were hampered by heavy rain and poor visibility.

Tuesday 05 November 2013

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12 dead in Colombia bus accident

Twelve people were killed and 35 others injured Monday when a bus ran off the road and plunged 80 meters (262 feet) to the bottom of a ravine in southwestern Colombia, authorities said.

The vehicle was traveling along a highway between the towns of Toribio and Jambalo in Cauca province.

“The bus left Jambalo with at least 45 people, the majority of them Indians, who had participated in the festivities taking place here,” the town’s mayor, Silvio Dagua, told reporters.

Cauca Highway Police commander Maj. Richard Sanabria said that the injured were taken to several hospitals, some of them in Popayan, the regional capital.

Terrain difficulties and bad weather in the region have made the recovery of the bodies difficult, the police chief said.

“There are (groups) from Toribio and Jambalo trying to recover the bodies. We’re waiting for the weather to improve to perform an overflight and decide how to proceed,” Sanabria said.

Over the weekend there were two accidents with similar characteristics, the first in the northwestern province of Antioquia which left five people dead and 25 injured, and the other in the central region of Tolima which left four dead and 30 injured.

Tuesday 05 November 2013

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21 killed, 19 injured when chartered bus plunges into roadside ravine in Lampang

A chartered bus taking merit makers back home from a temple plunged into a roadside ravine Sunday night, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others.

Police said the accident happened at 7 pm on the Wang Nua-Phayao Road in Tambon Wangthong in Lampang's Wang Nua district.

The bus driver lost control of the vehicle before it fell about 30 meters (98 feet) into the ravine on a curvy rural road, police Col. Somdet Tossaporn said.

Rescue workers had to tie ropes to the guardrail before they could climb down to rescue the injured passengers.

Police said all the killed passengers were women.

The bus was one of three buses taking Buddhists from Chiang Mai's Sarapee district to make merit at the Mai Charoen Temple in Wang Nua. The accident occurred while the buses were returning home.

Lampang is a mountainous area 600 kilometers (372 miles) north of Bangkok.

Up to 26,000 people are killed in road accidents every year in Thailand, according to the Interior Ministry.

Thursday 24 October 2013

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