At least 33 people died early Wednesday in a Panama bus accident, official sources said, APA reports.
The accident occurred around 4:00 a.m. (1000 GMT) in the morning when the bus carrying 66 passengers on board and bound for North America collided with a minibus and fell off a cliff, local media reported.
Authorities are working to transfer the injured to medical centers in the western province of Chiriqui, said the report.
Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo lamented the accident on Twitter, saying that the national government is providing all medical attention to the survivors.
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