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Tour bus carrying students crashes in Cape Verde, killing 25

From Der Standard · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A bus carrying children and teenagers on an outing crashed on Fogo island in Cape Verde, killing 25 people, according to local media reports.
  • The bus left the road for an unknown reason and plunged down a roughly 30-meter cliff; the driver was among those killed.
  • Difficult terrain complicated rescue efforts, and the number of deaths could increase because many people were injured.

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 bus reportedly left the road in the north of the island late Saturday afternoon for an as-yet unknown reason. It then fell about 30 meters down the cliff. The driver was among those killed.

Rescue operations proved difficult because of the site’s inaccessible location. With many people injured, the death toll could still rise.

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Originally published by Der Standard 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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