School bus accident in Colombia kills 17, injures 20
At least 16 students and the driver died when their bus fell 40 meters into a ravine during a graduation trip, with 20 others injured, officials said.
- A school bus accident in northern Colombia has resulted in 17 deaths and 20 injuries, according to the local governor.
- The bus was transporting students from Antioqueño High School returning from a graduation trip to Tolu, as mentioned by the local governor.
- The incident occurred as the bus was traveling from Tolu to Medellin after a beach celebration.
- The local governor stated that this is very hard news for the entire community during this time of December.
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The number of deaths in the accident of a bus that transported about 40 students and fell into an abyss this Sunday in the Colombian department of Antioquia (northwest) increased to at least 17, compared to the 12 initially reported, while the number of injured remains at twenty, according to the authorities.
High school students were returning from a trip celebrating the end of their studies when the vehicle dropped some 40 metres in a ravine. 22 other people were injured.
The bus carrying students returning from a graduation trip plunged into a ravine on a rural road in the department of Antioquia, in the north-western part of the country.
A car accident killed at least 17 people, including 16 high school students, on Sunday in northwestern Colombia, when they returned from a stay to celebrate their graduation from school. These students from the municipality of Bello, bordering the great city of Medellín, returned from a beach on the Caribbean coast.A esta hora, in Bello, Antioquia, levá a cabo una velatón por las 17 víctimas que dejó el accident de tránsito de un bus en el viaja…
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