20 dead in Argentina bus crash

The bus plunged 20 meters off a bridge into a dry riverbed, apparently after a tire burst. (AAP)

At least 20 people have been killed and several more injured after a bus carrying police officers drove off a cliff in northwestern Argentina.

The cause the predawn accident, in which the bus with 60 police officers on aboard plunged some 15 metres into a dry riverbed, was unclear, said Gustavo Solis, mayor of Rosario de la Frontera in Salta province.

AFP

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