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.
9 dead in Ecuador after bus plunges into ravine
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://bp.aichuwei.com
- Kneecap to play Paris concert in defiance of objections
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- Follow the trucks: Why investors are looking south of Metro Manila
- Sen. Go files bills to push health, social, and labor reforms
- Comelec en banc upholds cancelation of Duterte Youth Party-List registration
- Australia's 'mushroom murderer' handed life in prison with parole
- PH has chance of getting UNSC seat - Manalo
- An AI simulation of a Mount Fuji eruption is being used to prepare Tokyo for the worst
- Petitioners challenge claim NAIA fees lowest in Southeast Asia
- Marcos leads oath taking of new officers of League of Provinces of the Philippines
