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After 9 weeks, they take out the rugged bus under the Belize bridge where 54 people died.
The extraction of the bus that fell to a hollow under the Belize bridge on February 10, leaving 54 dead. (Free Press Photo: Byron Rivera Baiza)
This 2025 Good Friday, Transit authorities and relief bodies make maneuvers to extract the bus that was injured on February 10 On La Paz road, in front of the settlement Jesus of good hope.
The transit mayor, Amílcar Montejo, reported that bus extraction work requires the use of large capacity cranes and that these maneuvers could be extended by At least two more hours.
“There will be interruption in transit from the Atlantis neighborhood to the Belize bridge. These actions will take at least two more hours,” Montejo said.
The mayor asked drivers to maintain their precautions and address the indications of the authorities.
In the place there is also personnel from the Public Ministry (MP), the National Civil Police (PNC) and other institutions that participate in recovery tasks.
– Bus where more than 50 people died –
MP / Grúas / PMT perform actions to extract extra -urban transport that fell to Hondonada on February 10 of this year. #Transitogt #Traficogt #Pmtguatemala #Informaciongt #Noticagt #Amilcarmontejo #VIALGT #Movilitygt pic.twitter.com/nmh23dejfw
– Amilcar Montejo (@amilcarmontejo) April 18, 2025
Bus accident
The tragedy claimed the lives of 54 people, when the extra -urban transport vehicle fell to a hollow in the descent that connects the Atlantis colony with the Buganvilias cemetery.
According to the volunteer firefighters at the time, the unit came from San Agustín Acasaguastlán, El Progreso, and headed towards Guatemala City when the accident occurred.
The accident of February 10 was one of the most tragic recorded in recent years in Guatemala, which led the government to decree three days of national grief.