At least 31 dead as bus falls into ravine in Guatemala: rescuers

At least 31 died as when a bus carrying 75 people fell into ravine in Guatemala City, according to rescuers.

Local news site El Gráfico GT gave a "preliminary" report on X that 31 people died and 15 were injured due to the accident.

The site reported that the bus was coming from Rancho towards Guatemala and fell to the bottom of a ravine on the Belize bridge.

AFP reported the bus was carrying 75 people when it plunged into a ravine.

"Thirty-one bodies have been recovered from the bus so far and we are trying to save other people who are trapped" in the wreckage, Mynor Ruano, spokesman for the city's fire service, told reporters.

With inputs from AFP