17 people including a kid, killed in head-on bus crash in Colombia

A collision between two buses in Honduras resulted in the death of 17 people and injuries to 14 others.

The accident occurred in the village of La Montanita in Colombia on Wednesday morning. It involved a regular public bus and a private bus.

Alexia Mejia, who speaks for the 911 system in western Honduras, said that all the people who were hurt or killed were on the small bus and are from Honduras. The big bus was not carrying anyone.

Out of the 14 injured people, four were badly hurt and taken to a hospital in San Pedro Sula by helicopter. The others went to the hospital in the west.

A person from the hospital said that two of the injured people have died, including a child. Pictures from the scene show several bodies covered with sheets lying on the road in front of the damaged vehicles.

People who saw the accident said that both buses were going at a moderate speed on a winding, hilly road when they crashed.

The big bus had the driver and one passenger on it. They were coming back from the Agua Caliente customs post at the Guatemala border after dropping off a group of migrants.

The little bus was crowded with people.

Every year, lots of people from South America travel through Honduras on their way to the United States.

Xiomara Castro, who is the president of a country in Central America, said that she was very sad to hear about the crash. She sent her sympathy to the families of the people who died.

Car crashes are the second leading cause of death in Honduras, right after murders.