EL SALVADOR: AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND 30 INJURED AFTER A BUS CRASHES INTO A RAVINE IN SAN SALVADOR

Record ID: 378114

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND 30 INJURED AFTER A BUS CRASHES INTO A RAVINE IN SAN SALVADOR
  • Date: 11th October 1999
  • Summary: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (OCTOBER 11, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS RESCUE WORKERS AND POLICE AT SCENE OF CRASH, BODIES ON STRETCHERS (3 SHOTS) 0.34 2. VARIOUS OF BODIES ON GROUND, RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING BODIES (5 SHOTS) 1.09 3. SV FAMILY MEMBERS CRYING 1.18 4. VARIOUS OF BODIES ON GROUND (3 SHOTS) 1.32 5. SLV
  • Embargoed: 26th October 1999 13:00
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  • Location: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Reuters ID: LVACGD2YXJ7P7TDBP9NZ3QFRJ2L9
  • Story Text: At least 40 people have died and 30 have been injured
    in El Salvador when a bus plunged into a ravine.

    At least 40 people died and 30 were injured on Monday
    (October 11) in El Salvador when a bus plunged into a ravine,
    police and rescue workers said.

    A police spokesman had reported 30 dead and 45 injured
    earlier on Monday (October 11), the National Rescue Service
    told reporters at least 10 of the injured passengers died
    before receiving hospital treatment.

    The driver and a 2-year-old girl were reported to be among
    the dead.

    Journalists at the scene reported the ravine, about 100
    feet (30 metres) deep, was littered with scraps of metal from
    the bus and the bodies of victims.

    Police had not determined the cause of the accident, which
    occurred about 11 a.m.EDT (1500 GMT) on the outskirts of the
    capital city San Salvador.

    Authorities said the bus was going too fast and jockeying
    for position with another bus.

    "He was coming fast," said Jose Flores a survivor of the
    crash.

    Monday's crashed followed another last week in the north
    of this impoverished Central American country in which seven
    people were killed at 25 injured.

    Officials announced following that tragedy that the
    government would impose stricter safety standards on bus
    travel.


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