At least three people died and four are missing after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into a river in Spain.
A strong current and high flow of water, due to heavy rains in the Galicia region, have hampered search-and-rescue efforts, authorities said.The coach from the company Monbus was travelling between the cities of Lugo and Vigo and had stopped at a penitentiary centre near the site of the accident.
It skidded off the road on the bridge for reasons that remain unclear and plunged into the water at around 9.30 p.m. local time on Saturday. According to preliminary investigations, the bus carried nine people in total, the driver and eight passengers, said regional official Maica Larriba.The accident occurred on December 24 night near Vigo A fireman works to rescue victims of the crash
‘There are no more bodies inside the bus, so we are continuing the search for the four missing people,’ Larriba added, referring to the findings of police divers who inspected the wreckage. The river remained above its overflow threshold throughout the night, forcing emergency rescue workers to suspend the operation for nearly two hours due to the bad weather and terrain conditions before resuming in the morning.
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