The president of Colombia has reported that at least 27 people have died as a result of a landslide on a road in the western province of Risaralda.
Heavy rains caused a hillside to collapse, burying several vehicles under mud and rocks, including a bus carrying passengers.
Before he was buried and killed, one of the other passengers assisted his wife and two children in leaving the bus.
According to President Gustavo Petro, among those killed are at least three children.
On the road leading to the northern province of Chocó, a landslide occurred early on Sunday morning local time.
Witnesses said an intercity bus, a jeep, and a motorbike had stopped on the road because of a car accident further ahead when part of the hillside collapsed on top of them.
The bus is thought to have had two drivers and 25 passengers on board when it set off, but more passengers could have boarded along the way.
One of those who died inside the bus was identified as Guillermo Ibargüen. His son Andrés told Caracol News that “Dad helped me get out of the bus through a little hole”.
“I had to throw myself down the ravine. When I jumped, the mud had covered everything,” he said.
Ibargüen also helped his wife and his daughter escape the bus in time.
At least nine people have survived the landslide, including one girl who rescuers saw clinging to the body of her dead mother.
Landslides are not uncommon in Colombia, especially in the rainy season, and mountain roads are often cut off by mud and rocks.