Ecuador: Bus wreck kills 29, numerous others seriously injured on holiday weekend, 02-19-2012, video

Until 12:00, it was confirmed that those killed in traffic accidents on the road Ibarra-San Lorenzo, is 29 according to the Central Integrated Citizen. The cooperative bus Mirror, disc 20, traveled frequently and possibly without excess passengers, said Doris Viteri, head of Traffic Control Imbabura. “The bus went off the road into a ravine about 10 meters after hitting the rock possibly speeding” Viteri said. The accident occurred at 06:40, at the height of the Guajara community, located 40 kilometers northwest of Ibarra. According to a relative of the victims, the dead and wounded profess the faith of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The occupants of the bus traveling to make a sermon in the parish of Lita, canton Ibarra. Viteri said the bus, belonging to the cooperative mirror, turned and ran off the road, later falling into a ravine 50 meters deep. The site of the tragedy came inhabitants of the area and effective Fire five units Ibarra to aid in rescue efforts. The injured were taken to St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Ibarra. During the morning the rescue of the bodies of the victims was held in the area. The traffic on this stretch of road Ibarra-San Lorenzo was irregular police stopped the passage of vehicles to facilitate the rescue.