Nine dead and 33 injured The cause this Saturday in Colombia was the accident of a passenger bus that fell into an abyss in Department of Santandersaid the Police.

Public passenger transport lateral roll suffers remaining about 200 meters from its final position in relation to the main road,” explained the director of the traffic police, Colonel Oscar Andrés Lamprea.

33 “victims” are in intensive care. “with a cautious prognosis.”

Vehicle, Mr. Expresso Brasilia companywas traveling with 41 passengers from Cucuta, the capital of North Santander, to Valledupar, on the Atlantic coast, when this morning he left the road and rolled a few meters down a cliff at kilometer 58, in the section between Bucaramanga and the city of San Alberto.

“The company is showing sincere condolences to the family of the nine passengers who died in this unfortunate accident, and is providing all the necessary support to the authorities to clarify the circumstances under which this was recorded,” the company said in a statement.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash, which some speculate may have been driver error or a technical tire failure.

This is the second serious accident to take place this week on Colombian highways, since last Tuesday, eight people were killed when a bus collided with a truck on a highway in the La Guajira department in the north of the country.

The victims of this other accident were all passengers of a minibus that was traveling from Riohacha, the capital of La Guajira, to Santa Marta, the capital of the neighboring department of Magdalena, and which was completely destroyed.

According to EFE