At least 19 die in Nicaragua bus accidentMANAGUA, Dec 24, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - At least 10 children were among 19 fatalities Saturday when an overcrowded bus overturned on a bridge in a town north of Nicaragua's capital Managua, a government website said. Vice President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, said on state-run Channel 4 that around 70 people were crowded on the bus at the time. She said the accident occurred in Rancho Grande, apparently when the bus driver lost control on a bridge and the vehicle overturned. Authorities said the bus was speeding, the website said, and police arrested the driver as he tried to flee the scene afterward. Images in the local press showed the yellow bus impaled by the bridge's metal railing, while several apparent victims lay on the road nearby.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 24, 2023 09:07 UTC