{"id":58707,"date":"2025-12-27T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/?p=58707"},"modified":"2025-12-27T23:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:54:30","slug":"at-least-15-killed-after-bus-plunges-into-ravine-inguatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/58707\/at-least-15-killed-after-bus-plunges-into-ravine-inguatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"At least \u06f1\u06f5 killed after bus plunges into ravine in\nGuatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured on Saturday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, according to authorities, DW reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fifteen people died in this traffic accident \u2014 11 men, three women, and a minor,&#8221; Leandro Amado, a spokesperson for local firefighters, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He added that around 19 injured people were taken to hospitals near the scene of accident.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred in the department of Solola, between kilometers 172 and 174, an area known for its dense fog which reduces visibility for drivers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amado, the bus plunged into a ravine about 75 meters deep. The circumstances of the accident are not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday morning, the fire department shared images on social media showing the wrecked bus in the ravine while firefighters worked to rescue people.<\/p>\n<p>Fatal road accidents are common in Guatemala. In February, a passenger bus fell into a ravine at the northern entrance to Guatemala City, killing 54 people.<\/p>\n<p>MNA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured on Saturday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, according to authorities, DW reported on Saturday. &#8220;Fifteen people died in this traffic accident \u2014 \u06f1\u06f1 men, three women, and a minor,&#8221; Leandro Amado, a spokesperson for local firefighters, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-and-markets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}