Eight soldiers killed in Colombia road accident

Eight soldiers killed in Colombia road accident
by AFP Staff Writers
Bogota (AFP) Feb 24, 2025

Eight Colombian soldiers were killed and 16 were injured when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in southwest Colombia on Sunday night, local authorities said.

The vehicle veered out of control after the brakes failed, the governor of Narino department, Luis Alfonso Escobar, told Blu Radio.

A video shared by the authorities showed rescue workers using ropes to try to reach the wounded at the bottom of a deep gorge.

Those with serious injuries were airlifted to hospital.

The troops were on their way to Narino, a department on the border with Ecuador that is plagued by cocaine trafficking, to take part in security operations.

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