GUATEMALA CITY: At least 30 individuals passed away and more were hurt in Guatemala City on Monday early morning after a bus taking a trip on a hectic highway fell off a bridge, a representative for the city’s fire department stated.

The bus was taking a trip a hectic path in and out of the city when it fell from Puente Belice, a highway bridge that crosses over a roadway and creek.

Images shared by the fire department on social networks revealed the bus partly immersed in a water surrounded by victims’ bodies.

On social networks, Guatemala City Mayor Ricardo Quinonez stated that emergency situation services had actually been released while traffic cops dealt with developing detours in the afflicted location.