Argentina bus crash leaves 43 border patrol officers dead

Argentina: At least 43 people, most of them were police officers, have been killed after a bus fell off from the bridge in north-west Argentina, according to the Argentina officials.

50 passengers got into the bus out of which majority of them were of Argentina border police force. The bus came off the road and fell about 20m (65ft) into a riverbed. So far the emergency passengers rescued six passengers from the wreck.

The bus came off the road at about 02:00 local time (05:00 GMT) near the town of Rosario de la Frontera in Salta province, police officials said. It was one of three police buses travelling on national highway 34. A local police report said there were indications that one of the bus's tyres had burst and caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. Speaking at a public event, President Mauricio Macri, expressed his condolences.