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., This news data comes from:http://www.gangzhifhm.com
"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.
9 dead in Ecuador after bus plunges into ravine
About 2,300 people were killed in road accidents in 2024, according to official data.
- Vatican puts Pope Francis' ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
- Indonesian finance minister's home looted as protest anger grows
- Thousands protest in Nepal over social media ban, corruption
- Thailand's Parliament to vote Friday for a new prime minister
- Gasoline, diesel prices to increase again next week
- Sotto allows detained Public Works engineer to attend House probe on flood control projects
- US appeals court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal
- DILG to roll out nationwide unified 911 hotline on Sept. 11
- In Taiwan, competing narratives over the meaning of China's massive military show
- Court rules on subdivision open spaces, road lots
