Gualaca bus crash

When

15 Feb 2023

Kind

Road accident

Coordinates

8.63° N, 82.21° W

Description

2023 bus crash in Panama

Deaths

45

Injured

30

Cause

human error

2023 transport disaster in Panama

On February 15, 2023, 42 people were killed in a bus crash in Panama. The bus was headed to a migrant reception center in the town of Gualaca when it crashed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, in the west of the country, about 67.8 km (42.1 mi) from the Costa Rican border.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un bus que llevaba migrantes se accidentó en la Provincia de Chiriquí, Panamá, dejando un saldo de 39 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page