A bus went off a cliff Monday in rural Guatemala and fell 660 feet into a river, killing at least 43 and hospitalizing at least another 40.
Rescue workers said the bus, which swerved off a hairpin bend, was likely over capacity, Reuters reports.
At least six children were killed on the bus, which was mostly carrying vendors bringing farm produce to markets around Guatemala City, 37 miles to the southeast. The government has declared three days of national mourning.
A woman is comforted as she weeps for a dead relative who was a passenger on a bus that plunged into a deep river canyon in San Martin Jilotepeque, northwest Guatemala, Sep. 9, 2013.