By IANS/EFE,
Quito : Seventeen people were killed and 40 injured Wednesday when two buses collided on Ecuador’s main Pacific coast highway, authorities said.
The accident occurred shortly after dawn on a stretch of road between the cities of Guayaquil and Portoviejo.
The two buses collided head-on as one of the drivers tried to pass another vehicle, police said.
Sixteen people were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, while a 17th person died at a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city.
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