A bus in the south of Ecuador in the province of Azuay went off the road and fell into a ravine. 14 people were killed and at least 29 others were injured, local officials said. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- A bus went off the road in the province of Azuay in the south of Ecuador.
- The vehicle then crashed into a ravine on the Cuenca-Molleturo highway.
- Fourteen people died and at least twenty-nine were injured in the accident.
- Rescue teams are still searching the terrain and looking for more victims.
- Traffic accidents killed a record two thousand three hundred and seventy-three people in Ecuador in 2023.
“At this moment, the death toll on the Cuenca-Molleturo highway has risen to 14 and the number of injured is 29,” said Ecuador’s ECU911 rescue service at Platform X late Wednesday; initial data spoke of 11 victims.
“Coordinated agency workers are on the scene looking for other people who may have lost their lives,” they supplied without specifying the number of passengers.
Last year in Ecuador more than 2,000 people have died in traffic accidents, and traffic accidents are among the leading causes of death there. A record 2,373 deaths were recorded in 2023, official figures show.
