Panama bus accident death toll rises to 39
STORY: Panama bus accident death toll rises to 39
DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:24
LOCATION: Panama City
CATEGORY: OTHERS
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STORYLINE:
At least 39 people were killed and about 20 were injured on Wednesday morning in an accident involving a bus carrying migrants to a shelter in the Panamanian province of Chiriqui, the National Migration Service of Panama reported.
According to initial reports, the bus carrying the migrants tried to turn around on the highway to reach a shelter, but lost control, collided with a minibus and fell into a ravine.
Emiliano Otero, head of police transit operations, explained that the bus was transporting more than 60 migrants from a shelter in the province of Darien on the border with Colombia, to another in Chiriqui near the Costa Rican border.
Panama's migration director, Samira Gozaine, told the media that according to preliminary reports, the accident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday local time, adding that s
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