QUITO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 4 people were killed and 16 injured after a bus overturned on a highway in southern Ecuador on Friday, reported the Attorney General's Office (FGE).
After the accident, the FGE ordered "urgent actions," including the removal of bodies for autopsies and the collection of evidence, said the agency on X, formerly Twitter.
The bus driver is currently under police custody, and an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the tragedy. Images and videos circulating on social media showed the overturned bus in a local river.
Ecuador's Minister of Sports Andres Guschmer said on X that the vehicle was carrying a delegation of the Sports Federation of Loja and some family members to attend a competition.
According to local media reports, the delegation included child taekwondo athletes aged 8-12, who were heading to the southern city of Cuenca to participate in an event scheduled for this weekend. ■
Flight attendant reveals why plane passengers should NEVER fall asleep before take off
Why more state abortion bans present opportunities for Democrats
He once swore off politics. Now, this Georgia activist is trying to recruit people who seldom vote
Agreement could resolve litigation over services for disabled people in North Carolina
Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored
Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes 'too far'
Tom Watson wants the unity he saw at Masters Champions Dinner for all of golf, end to PGA
Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
House passes reauthorization of US spy program after GOP upheaval