Latin American Herald Tribune

11 Members of Colombian Family Missing after Accident

Jun 16 -- Eleven members of a family were reported missing after their small bus plunged into the Cauca River early Monday in northwestern Colombia, highway department officials said.

16 de junio de 2009

The only survivor so far is a woman who was thrown from the vehicle, suffering only some bruises.

“The woman was the one who reported the accident,” the highway department chief in the border region between Antioquia and Caldas provinces, Jorge Ricardo Gutierrez, said.

The bus went off the road and plunged into the river within the limits of La Pintada, a city in Antioquia.
 
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