17 dead, 20 injured in school bus accident in Colombia

In a post on X, the governor of Antioquia said the bus was travelling from the Caribbean town of Tolu to Medellin after a school trip and was carrying students from Antioqueño High School.

A man photographs flowers placed at the gate of the Liceo Antioqueno school, where victims of a recent bus accident studied, in Bello 14 December 2025. | Juan David Quintero | Reuters

Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night.

In a post on X earlier in the day, the governor of Antioquia, Andres Julian, said the bus was traveling from the Caribbean town of Tolu to Medellin after a school trip and was carrying students from the Antioqueño High School.

The students had been celebrating their graduation on the beach, he added on Sunday night.

“It’s very hard news for the entire community during the time of December,” he said.

(Reporting by Luisa Gonzalez and Vivian Sequera; Writing by Alexander Villegas; Editing by Bill Berkrot and Jamie Freed)

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