‘Honduras’ Archives
Columbia Student Volunteers Killed in Honduras Bus Crash
Students on a volunteer mission to Honduras were scheduled to return to the US on Tuesday. Instead their families were notified of the fatal bus accident. The volunteers had also been to Nicaragua. Nineteen year old Patrick Flanagan helped organize the mission through Global Brigades, an worldwide non-profit organization. Research Section of [...]
Bus Plunged into Ravine in Honduras; 14 Dead, 55 Injured
A bus veered off the road and fell into a ravine near San Juan de Opoa in Honduras, on October 31. Authorities said the accident happened when the bus was carrying members of a Jehovah's Witness church from Choloma city. There were 69 people aboard at the time of crash. Fourteen of them were killed while 55 others were injured. The bus [...]
Honduras Bus Crash Demolishes Up and Coming Girl Group
What: Bus in Northern Honduras coming from San Pedro Sula. Where: road linking El Progreso with Tela, 250 kilometres from Tegucigalpa. When: Oct 4 2010 5.15am Who: 13 killed, 10 injured Why: In a collision between a bus, a truck and a dredge, most of the members of the girl band Chicas Zamba were killed. Twelve victims died at the scene, [...]
