At least 51 people have been killed after landing from a bridge on Monday on the outskirts of the capital of Guatemala, hectare Floors said, which was helping to coordinate the municipal government’s response.
Firefighting spokesman Edwin Wilgran said a multi-marriage accident sent the bus from the bridge before morning, implicating the remaining people. Many of the victims drawn by the debris were seriously injured.
Volunteer firefighter spokesperson Oscar Sanchez said that the children were among the victims.
The densely packed bus came from the Progresso Department, which came on a busy route in the city on a busy route in the north -east of the capital, when a highway bridge, which crosses over a road and creek.
The bus fell 35 meters in a sewage-illustrated stream. It turned upside down and half-incomplete in water.
The Gwatemala City Fire Department spokesman, Carlos Hernandez, said the bodies of 36 men and 15 women were sent to a provincial morgue established for the accident.
Guatemele President Bernardo Arewalo declared three national mourning and deployed the country’s army and disaster agency to help the response efforts.
“I stood in solidarity with the families of the victims, who woke up today for heartbreaking news. Their pain is my pain,” Arelo said on social media.
