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Landslide pushes Colombian bus into ravine, killing at least 13

Ersin Çelik
09:48 - 22/01/2018 Monday
Update: 09:49 - 22/01/2018 Monday
REUTERS
Search and rescue operations underway at site of a landslide in Narino, Colombia, January 21, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. Ivan Antonio Jurado/Pulo Social/via REUTERS
Search and rescue operations underway at site of a landslide in Narino, Colombia, January 21, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. Ivan Antonio Jurado/Pulo Social/via REUTERS

At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster relief agency said.

The mountainous highway where the accident occurred winds between the cities of Pasto and Tumaco in Narino province, along the border with Ecuador.

The head of the disaster relief agency for the province told Reuters the landslide sent some 5,000 cubic metres of rock and earth down on to the highway and into the ravine.

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