17 dead as school bus plunges off cliff in Colombia

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A tragic accident in northern Colombia claimed the lives of seventeen school children and injured twenty others when their bus fell off a cliff during a graduation trip. The incident has deeply saddened the local community, especially during the festive December season.

A person poses holding a phone displaying a memorial image of the Liceo Antioqueno’s 2025 graduating class, some of whom died in a recent bus accident.

A person poses holding a phone displaying a memorial image of the Liceo Antioqueno’s 2025 graduating class, some of whom died in a recent bus accident.

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UPDATED: Dec 15, 2025 08:57 IST

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 Antioqueo 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.

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Sonali Verma

Published On:

Dec 15, 2025

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