Colombia Mudslide: Dozens Of People Die

COLOMBIA – A landslide in the west has killed at least 27 people.

President Gustavo Petro says a bus full of passengers was among several vehicles buried under mud and rocks, which tumbled down a hillside following heavy rains.

One of the passengers helped his wife and two children escape from the bus before he was buried and died.

He says at least three children are among those killed.

Witnesses say an intercity bus, a jeep, and a motorbike had stopped on the road because of a car accident further ahead when part of the hillside collapsed on top of them.

The bus is thought to have had two drivers and 25 passengers on board when it set off, but more passengers could have boarded along the way.