US EditionBus accident leaves 15 dead in Guatemala and government declares 3-day national mourning period
The accident killed 15 people and injured up to 19 others on a fog-prone mountainous route; Guatemala declared three days of national mourning, reflecting ongoing transport safety concerns.
- On Saturday, December 27, 2025, an intermunicipal bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter‑American Highway, killing at least 15 and injuring 19, and President Bernardo Arevalo declared three days of national mourning.
- At the Cumbre de Alaska section between kilometres 172 and 174, Friday night the bus left the road near Totonicapan, a stretch known for rugged terrain and dense fog reducing visibility.
- Firefighters said the vehicle fell roughly 75 metres and rescue crews spent more than two hours recovering bodies and aiding survivors, with the Public Prosecutor's Office working near the scene.
- Fifteen people remain hospitalised following the crash, relatives of passengers have gathered at hospitals and the scene while traffic authorities cleared wreckage and temporarily suspended traffic.
- Data from January–October 2025 show that the National Transit Safety Observatory recorded 446 public transport accidents causing 111 deaths and 623 injuries, with a February 2025 bus crash killing 54 people.
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Bus accident leaves 15 dead in Guatemala and government declares 3-day national mourning period
An intermunicipal bus in Guatemala veered off a road and fell into a deep ravine, killing 15 passengers and injuring at least 15 others.
The deceased consist of 11 men, three women and a minor child.
Guatemala City.- At least 15 people died on Friday when a passenger bus fell to a ravine on the Inter-American highway, west of Guatemala, the lifeguards of that country reported.In addition to the 15 people who died in this traffic accident, another 20 people were injured and transferred to hospitals close to the tragedy, said to the journalists the spokesman of the volunteer firefighters, Leandro Amado, at the site of the accident.The deceased…
A serious bus accident occurred on the Pan-American Highway in Guatemala. 15 people were killed and 19 were injured.
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