Ecuador bus crash kills 38 in highlands

[Cao Pi]

Ecuador bus crash kills 38 in highlands

QUITO | Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:47pm EDT

QUITO (Reuters) - A bus winding its way through Ecuador's highlands toward the capital of Quito went off the road before dawn Sunday, killing 38 passengers in the worst accident of this kind in the country in years. Authorities said 12 more people were injured in the crash. Local television showed rescue workers struggling to extract bodies and look for survivors on the steep cliffs around Lake Yambo in the central province of Cotopaxi where the accident occurred.

The bus had started its journey in the southern colonial city of Cuenca in Azuay province. "We are analyzing the causes of the accident," Ecuador's chief traffic accident investigator Wilson Pavon told reporters. Local TV showed rescue workers extracting a tiny baby from the wreckage. It was unclear if the child was still alive.

(Reporting by Santiago Silva, writing by Hugh Bronstein)

 

[Cao Pi]

Dwellers look at the debris of a bus in Latacunga, 70 km (43.5 miles) south of Quito August 29, 2010.

An Ecuadorian worker ties a cord on the debris of a bus in Latacunga, 70 km (43.5 miles) south of Quito August 29, 2010.

An Ecuadorian worker fastens a chain onto the debris of a bus in Latacunga, 70 km (43.5 miles) south of Quito August 29, 2010.


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[david]

The bus is now like bus penyet