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Dozens killed in Guatemala crash | Dozens killed in Guatemala crash |
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At least 42 people have died and several injured after a passenger bus crashed in northern Guatemala. | |
Rescue officials said the bus fell down a 100m (300ft) ravine after travelling from the city of Huehuetenango towards the border with Mexico. | |
Rescue workers have lifted bodies from the scene using cables, and five survivors have been taken to hospital. | |
Officials blamed the accident on fog and rain that blanketed an already dangerous road. | Officials blamed the accident on fog and rain that blanketed an already dangerous road. |
Rain and bad weather also made rescue workers' jobs difficult. | |
News agency EFE said the death toll included six children. | |
Mario Cruz, spokesman for volunteer fire teams, told EFE: "Forty-one of the 47 passengers ... died at the scene of the accident, one other at the hospital." | Mario Cruz, spokesman for volunteer fire teams, told EFE: "Forty-one of the 47 passengers ... died at the scene of the accident, one other at the hospital." |