25 killed in road accident in Colombia

BOGOTA - At least 25 people died in northern Colombia when the bus they were riding in drove off the road and down a 100-metre-deep ravine in Antioquia province.

Seven people were injured, some seriously, in the accident Easter Sunday.

Local traffic police chief Rodolfo Palomino said that, according to survivors, the crash on a road between Puerto Nare and Medellin was due to a burst tyre.