60 police officers were aboard the bus that plunged some 15 meters (50 feet) into a dry riverbed.
Buenos Aires:
At least 41 police officers died today and several more were injured when their bus drove off a bridge in northern Argentina, plunging into a dry riverbed, officials said.
Officials believe a tire blew out and caused the bus to veer off the bridge before dawn, falling some 15 meters (50 feet) with 60 border police aboard, said the Emergency Chief for the province of Salta, Francisco Marinaro.
Ten police officers were hospitalized, four of them in serious condition, he told a local radio station.
The bus was part of a caravan of three carrying police personnel.
President Mauricio Macri sent his condolences to the officers' relatives.
"The Argentine people must stand with these families," he said.
Officials believe a tire blew out and caused the bus to veer off the bridge before dawn, falling some 15 meters (50 feet) with 60 border police aboard, said the Emergency Chief for the province of Salta, Francisco Marinaro.
Ten police officers were hospitalized, four of them in serious condition, he told a local radio station.
The bus was part of a caravan of three carrying police personnel.
President Mauricio Macri sent his condolences to the officers' relatives.
"The Argentine people must stand with these families," he said.
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