{"id":11725,"date":"2025-02-05T22:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2025-02-05T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:18:56","slug":"at-least-13-dead-28-injured-after-bus-of-tourists-plunges-down-160-foot-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=11725","title":{"rendered":"At Least 13 Dead, 28 Injured After Bus of Tourists Plunges Down 160-Foot Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">On January 3, 2025, a bus plunged into a 160-foot gorge in Tangua, Colombia, killing 13 people and injuring 28. The crash occurred on a road linking Pasto and Ipiales early in the morning. The bus was heading to the Santuario de las Lajas, near the Ecuadorian border.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn px-4 @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"566ca981-425d-46ec-9dd4-922a775a6369\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Authorities suspect mechanical failure and speeding were factors in the crash. Additionally, Nari\u00f1o Governor Luis Alfonso Escobar suggested the driver\u2019s decision to avoid tolls by taking an alternative route may have contributed. President Gustavo Petro expressed condolences and confirmed law enforcement was handling the emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>The bus had 42 passengers onboard, and the injured were rushed to hospitals in nearby towns. This tragedy follows a recent fatal bus crash involving Colombian nationals in France, highlighting the ongoing danger of bus travel.<\/p>\n<p>This tragic accident came just weeks after another fatal bus crash involving Colombian nationals in France, near a French ski resort. In that incident, 30 Colombian citizens living in Spain were on a bus returning to Barcelona when it crashed, killing two passengers and injuring many others. 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