At least 55 people are dead after their bus plunged into a gorge and landed under a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital.
Firefighters and police work at the scene of an accident in which a bus fell down a ravine in Guatemala City on February 10, 2025. AFP via Getty ImagesInvestigators from the public ministry said that there were 53 bodies recovered at the scene and the San Juan de Dios Hospital confirmed that two passengers brought there had also died.
Firefighting spokesperson Edwin Villagran said a multi-vehicle crash sent the bus off the road and into the steep gorge below the bridge before dawn. Others were seriously injured.
The bus fell 115 feet into a sewage-polluted stream.
Firefighters and police work at the scene of an accident in which a bus fell down a ravine in Guatemala City on February 10, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Women stand at the scene of a crash, uncertain if their loved ones were among the passengers of a bus that fell from a bridge, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. AP
Firefighters work at the scene of a bus that fell from a bridge on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. APIt landed upside down and half-submerged.
The bus had come from Progreso, northeast of the capital.
Volunteer firefighting spokesman Óscar Sánchez said children were among the victims.
President Bernardo Arévalo offered his condolences and declared a day of national mourning.
