Bus carrying students crashes on Cape Verde island, killing 25
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- A bus carrying children and teenagers crashed on Fogo island in Cape Verde, killing 25 people, according to local media reports.
- The bus reportedly left the road for unknown reasons and fell down a steep cliff about 30 metres high.
- Rescue work proved difficult because the remote crash site could not be reached directly by vehicles, and the death toll could rise.
A bus carrying children and teenagers on an outing plunged down a steep cliff on Cape Verde’s Fogo island, killing 25 people, according to local media reports.
The crash happened late Saturday afternoon in the north of the island. The bus reportedly left the road for reasons that remain unknown and fell about 30 metres. The driver was among those killed.
Civil protection officials said rescue operations were extremely difficult because of the site’s inaccessible location. The bus struck rocky ground, and vehicles could not reach the crash scene directly. With many people injured, the number of deaths could still rise.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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