US EditionAt least 12 killed after bus plunges down mountainside in Ecuador
- On Sunday, the National Secretariat for Risk Management reported a bus crash on the Ambato–Guaranda route in the Simiatug area, killing at least 12 people and injuring 10 others.
- Video and witness accounts show the bus rolled down a steep mountainside and fell roughly 1,000 feet, according to emergency reports and witnesses.
- Passerby video showed the bus tumbling down the ravine and narrowly missing a home in a sparsely populated area, while local media named the bus as belonging to the Ambateñita cooperative traveling an interprovincial route.
- Police, firefighters and medical teams began rescue operations and recovered victims, while local people ran toward the wreckage to assist and debris scattered the hillside.
- Authorities have not released additional details about the crash cause, and the incident was reported by We News on November 16, 2025.
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QUITO (AP) — The death toll from a bus crash in central Ecuador on Monday rose to 21, and the number of injured reached 40, the ECU 911 Integrated Security Service reported. According to authorities, the bus plunged into a ravine. Initial reports indicated that 12 people had died in the accident. The injured were taken to hospitals in two cities. ECU 911 said in a statement that rescuers on the ground “confirmed that the bus lost control and ove…
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The driver lost control, causing the vehicle to overturn and slide down a mountainside.
At least 21 people have died and 40 others have been injured after a bus was rushed down the slope of a mountain in the Ecuadorian Andes, reports EFE, which cites the Integrated Security Service ECU 911. The events occurred this Sunday. The wounded have been transferred to health centers in the cities of Ambato and Guaranda. As the relief teams have confirmed, the bus lost track, overturned and rushed approximately 150 meters. The vehicle had le…
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