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50-ton machine falls on school bus, kills 22 children BOGOTA,Friday (AFP) Bogota residents were in shock one day after a 50-ton excavator fell from a slope onto a school bus, killing 22 children on their way home from school and one adult. Colombian prosecutors announced they were opening a manslaughter investigation against the machine's operator, Reinaldo Blanco, 55, who was undergoing surgery after suffering head injuries in Wednesday's accident. The children who died in the accident were between four and 17 years old, and another 30 people were injured. "There are no words to describe this. It is profoundly painful," said Mayor Luis Eduardo Garzon, who declared Friday a day of mourning. The city blamed the accident on the consortium operating the machine, saying it violated security regulations for excavators. Grieving parents claimed their children's bodies, while students at Agustiniano Norte College awaited a funeral for their 22 fellow students. |
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