US Edition10 Killed, Several Injured as Bus Ferrying University Students on Field Trip Crashes in Colombia
- A bus carrying 22 students, two teachers, and a communications officer crashed near the Helicoide Bridge in western Colombia on May 26, 2025.
- The driver lost control causing the bus to slam into barriers, ejecting several passengers into a ravine, while investigations continue.
- The bus was traveling from Tolima to Quindío during a field trip organized by Humboldt University of Armenia, which confirmed the incident's details.
- Authorities confirmed that ten individuals died instantly in the crash, while eleven others suffered severe injuries.
- Humboldt University announced a two-day period of mourning to pay tribute to the victims and expressed deep sadness over the tragic event affecting the community.
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The group was made up of 23 civil engineering students and three professors who participated in an academic activity. COLOMBIA.- The intermunicipal bus involved in the accident, identified with TBK-683 plates and internal number 6685, moved a total of 26 members of Alexander von Humboldt University. The group was made up of 23 civil engineering students and three professors who participated in an academic activity related to their professional p…
A serious tragedy shook Colombia on Saturday, May 24, 2025, when a bus accident left at least 10 people dead and 11 injured in the Quindío department. The accident occurred on the Via La Línea, in the sector El Naranjal, between the municipalities of Cajamarca and Calarcá, and has generated shock in the country. The crash truck transported 23 students, two professors and an academic coordinator of the Alexander Von Humboldt University, based in …
At least ten people died and 11 were injured on this Saturday (24), in an accident involving a bus in the department of Quindío, western Colombia, after a collision caused several passengers to be thrown out of the vehicle, reported to Humboldt University. The vehicle struck and arrested several people from a bridge, at a distance of several metres. The victims are students and university teachers who participated in a academic tour. “We reporte…
A bus carrying about 20 students on an academic exit struck the barrier of a bridge on Saturday 24 May in western Colombia, killing at least 10 people, their university said.
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