At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured Saturday when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia, police said.
BOGOTA, Colombia -
Rescuers secure a bus from falling down a ravine after an accident on the Pan-American Highway in Altos de Penalisa, near the city of Pasto, in the Colombian department of Narino, on October 15, 2022. At least 20 people died and 15 others suffered injuries Saturday when a bus overturned in southwestern Colombia, police said. Leonardo CASTRO / AFP
The bus was traveling between the port city of Tumaco, in the southwestern corner of Colombia, and Cali, 200 miles to the northeast when the incident occurred. “Unfortunately, we have a toll of 20 people dead,” said Captain Albertland Agudelo of the Narino department traffic police.Investigators are looking at possible “mechanical failures in the brake system,” Colonel Oscar Lamprea, director of traffic and transportation in the area, said in a message to reporters.It took rescue workers from the police and fire departments nine hours to set the vehicle upright, evacuate the injured and recover the dead.
Images obtained by AFP showed the bus, its roof caved in, perched dangerously at the edge of a steep drop-off.
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