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At least eight killed, 15 injured in Guatemala bus crash

At least eight killed, 15 injured in Guatemala bus crash

By REUTERS

GUATEMALA CITY: At least eight people were killed and 15 were seriously injured in Guatemala when a minibus came off the edge of a road and plunged down a ravine, an emergency services official said on Wednesday. The vehicle was traveling in the San Pedro Necta municipality in a mountainous part of western Guatemala when the accident occurred, a spokesman for fire services said. It was not immediately clear what caused the minibus to careen off the road, the spokesman said.