47 killed in Ecuador mountain bus crash

A bus carrying families overturned on a winding mountain road, killing 47 adults and children near the Ecuadorean capital, police said.

47 killed in Ecuador mountain bus crash

A bus carrying families overturned on a winding mountain road, killing 47 adults and children near the Ecuadorean capital, police said.

Police spokesman Patricio Quimso said all passengers were killed except for five injured children taken to a Quito hospital. Three died on the way to the hospital, he said.

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