{"id":3705,"date":"2025-02-11T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/at-least-50-die-in-guatemala-after-bus-plunges-off-bridge\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:27:23","slug":"at-least-50-die-in-guatemala-after-bus-plunges-off-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/at-least-50-die-in-guatemala-after-bus-plunges-off-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 50 die in Guatemala after bus plunges off bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z47a7n00ar2cqi1r0aag00@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city\u2019s fire department said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z60xtz0012356m6qhsqk1j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The densely packed bus was traveling into the capital from the town of San Agustin Acasaguastlan on a busy route into the city from when it plunged approximately 20 meters (65 feet) from Puente Belice, a highway bridge that crosses over a road and creek.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z60xtz0013356mz0gwuksz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The spokesman, Carlos Hernandez, said the bodies of 36 men and 15 women had been sent to a provincial morgue set up for the accident.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z9krko001i356mslfgqxsr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Images shared by the fire department on social media showed the bus partially submerged in wastewater surrounded by victims\u2019 bodies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z60xtz0014356mppj8903z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo declared three days of national mourning and deployed the country\u2019s army and disaster agency to assist response efforts.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z9l0pp001k356mrxaqt3ha@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI stand in solidarity with the families of the victims who today woke up to heartbreaking news. Their pain is my pain,\u201d Arevalo said on social media.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm6z47a7n00as2cqi19xda8jo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <em>This story has been updated with additional developments.<\/em>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city\u2019s fire department said. 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