Nine people died and several more were injured Wednesday after a bus plunged into a ravine in the Andes Mountains region of southern Ecuador, according to the country's emergency service.
"The death of nine people has been confirmed. The Ministry of Public Health is consolidating the official number of injured people," the service said in a statement, without specifying the number of passengers.
The injured victims were transported to health centers in Riobamba and Colta.
Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death in Ecuador, where more than 565 deaths were caused by road accidents between January and May 2025.
About 2,300 people were killed in road accidents in 2024, according to official data., This news data comes from:http://www.705-888.com
9 dead in Ecuador after bus plunges into ravine
- Madagascar welcomes home skulls of Indigenous warriors taken by French colonial troops 128 years ago
- Malacañang calls plot to jail VP Duterte 'wild imagination'
- 13 massage therapists robbed, 2 cry rape
- Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
- Eala ousts Day, enters Guadalajara Open final
- National Guard troops begin carrying weapons in US capital
- Discaya companies' licenses revoked for bid-rigging
- Globe: Mobile data helps drive national progress
- Trump: Many Americans ‘like a dictator’
- US strike marks shift to military action against drug cartels
