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| At least 41 dead after Argentinian border staff's bus crashes into ravine | |
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| At least 41 police officers were killed when a bus in a convoy in northern Argentina went off the side of a bridge and crashed into a ravine. | At least 41 police officers were killed when a bus in a convoy in northern Argentina went off the side of a bridge and crashed into a ravine. |
| The bus was one of three carrying police near Salta, a city about 900 miles north of Buenos Aires. | The bus was one of three carrying police near Salta, a city about 900 miles north of Buenos Aires. |
| “For reasons that are still unknown, the bus lost control while entering the bridge and fell into the creek bed below,” said a statement issued by the National Gendarmerie, a special police force typically charged with patrolling frontier regions. | “For reasons that are still unknown, the bus lost control while entering the bridge and fell into the creek bed below,” said a statement issued by the National Gendarmerie, a special police force typically charged with patrolling frontier regions. |
| Local television images showed rescue crews working around the overturned bus, which authorities said was carrying around 60 people. | Local television images showed rescue crews working around the overturned bus, which authorities said was carrying around 60 people. |
| Gustavo Diaz, head of a group of volunteer firefighters in the area, told state news agency Telam that 20 police were severely injured and were being treated in area hospitals. | Gustavo Diaz, head of a group of volunteer firefighters in the area, told state news agency Telam that 20 police were severely injured and were being treated in area hospitals. |
| The group was heading to the province of Jujuy, the country’s most northern region that borders Bolivia. | The group was heading to the province of Jujuy, the country’s most northern region that borders Bolivia. |
| Roads in Argentina are poorly maintained in many rural areas. President Mauricio Macri, elected last month on a platform that included improving Argentina’s rural roads, sent his condolences to families of the victims of the crash. | Roads in Argentina are poorly maintained in many rural areas. President Mauricio Macri, elected last month on a platform that included improving Argentina’s rural roads, sent his condolences to families of the victims of the crash. |
| “We need to improve our highways so these things don’t keep happening,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a news conference in Buenos Aires province. | “We need to improve our highways so these things don’t keep happening,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a news conference in Buenos Aires province. |