A bus and several other cars were buried Sunday morning when a road in northwestern Colombia was flooded with mud and rocks. Alfonso Prada told Reuters on Monday that the rescue operation had been going on for more than a day and that nine people had been found alive in the raging crowd. The Minister of Interior stated that the condition of four of the survivors is critical.
In a post on Twitter, President Gustavo Petro described the incident as a tragedy and promised to help those affected:
“Solidarity with the families of the victims will receive extensive support from the government,” he wrote.
Witnesses from the scene say the bus, car and motorcycle were stopped by a car crash farther down the road when the ramp collapsed on top of them, he writes. BBC. According to the information, the bus must have been carrying 25 passengers and two drivers when it started. But more people may have climbed during the flight.
The landslide was the result of the country’s continuous and intense rainy season, which according to the Colombian government is “the worst in 40 years”. This year alone, weather-related accidents have claimed more than 200 lives and displaced half a million people.
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