2008 Villa Canales bus disaster
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| 2008 Villa Canales bus disaster | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 29 February 2008 19:15 |
| Location | Villa Canales |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Statistics | |
| Bus | 1 |
| Passengers | 79 |
| Deaths | 56[1][2] |
| Injured | 25 |
The 2008 Villa Canales bus disaster occurred in the municipality of Villa Canales, Guatemala on 29 February 2008, at 19:15 local time.[3] A passenger bus from Transportes Cubanita, with 79 people on board, crashed into a 10-meter ravine after missing a sharp bend in the road connecting Villa Canales to Barberena. Fifty-six people died and another 25 were wounded in the crash.[3][4][5]
In the night of 29 February 2008, a bus of the Cubanita Transport Company (Spanish: Empresa de Transportes Cubanita), crashed when circulating on the road from Guatemala to El Salvador, in the 33.5km between Villa Canales and Barberena. While the maximum capacity of the bus was 50 passengers, there were 78 passengers aboard. 48 passengers died immediately in the crash, while 8 more died later, making a total of 56 deaths.[1]