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At least 39 migrants died in a bus crash in Panama on Wednesday, officials said. Maria Isabel Saravia, Panama's deputy director of migration, said more than 20 people were also injured in the accident.
The bus plunged down a ravine and hit a minibus about 400 kilometers west of the capital Panama City, the National Migration Service said in a media statement.
It said the injured, including children, were being treated at various hospitals and clinics and the latest death toll was based on "preliminary information." Saravia said 66 migrants were on the bus, including 20 minors, as well as two bus drivers, one of whom died.
The crash happened early on Wednesday when the bus was carrying more than 60 migrants heading towards a shelter located in the western costal province of Chiriqui which borders Costa Rica.
"The government of Panama is providing medical attention to the injured," President Laurentino Cortizo said on Twitter.
(With input from agencies)
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