{"id":21006,"date":"2026-09-06T18:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=21006"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:04:19","slug":"schoolchildren-among-25-killed-as-bus-falls-30-metres-into-ravine-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=21006","title":{"rendered":"Schoolchildren among 25 killed as bus falls 30 metres into ravine in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133847381,imgsize-111160,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/cape-verde.jpg\" alt=\"Schoolchildren among 25 killed as bus falls 30 metres into ravine in Africa\" title=\"Image source: X.com\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren and teenagers, were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the mountainous Fogo island in Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The crash took place late Saturday (local time) on the Campanas de Cima mountain road in northern Fogo. The bus veered off the road and plunged about 30 metres into a steep ravine, according to national news agency Inforpress. Several passengers were injured and taken to Sao Francisco de Assis Regional Hospital.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Many of those killed were primary and secondary school students. Education officials said the outing had not been organised by local schools but was an annual trip privately arranged by the driver, who was also killed in the crash.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Cape Verde president Jos\u00e9 Maria Pereira Neves described the accident as \u201ca great catastrophe\u201d and was expected to visit Fogo along with other officials on Sunday (local time).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Seven bodies were buried immediately because of their condition, local media reported, citing the island\u2019s health authorities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Authorities had not yet determined what caused the crash.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/schoolchildren-among-25-killed-as-bus-falls-30-metres-into-ravine-in-africa\/articleshow\/133847264.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren and teenagers, were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the mountainous Fogo island in Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday.The crash took place late Saturday (local time) on the Campanas de Cima mountain road in northern Fogo. 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