Landslide in Colombia leaves three dead, 20 trapped as rescue ops continue

Landslide in Colombia leaves three dead, 20 trapped as rescue ops continue
# 05 December 2022 09:15 (UTC +04:00)

A landslide engulfed a road Sunday in Colombia, killing three people and leaving some 20 trapped in the mud, authorities said.

Crews were searching for people riding on a bus and a motorcycle that was caught up in the accident in remote areas of a municipality called Pueblo, Rico, in northwest Colombia.

"Nine rescued, three fatalities, and an estimated 20 who remain to be found. It is a tragedy," President Gustavo Petro wrote on Twitter.

Civil defense officials said one of the dead was a girl aged about seven.

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