14 killed in Chile after a bus accident in Tome

At least thirteen people were killed Saturday and two dozen injured when pull over and fall off a cliff in a minibus traveling fans of a football team in southern Chile, local media reported. According to the web site of Channel 24 hours, citing the police sources, the death toll stands at 13 dead and 19 wounded, while the website soytomé.cl, The Mercury Group, brings to 14 the number of deaths . Radio Bio Bio, meanwhile, reports that there are 15 fatalities. The accident occurred around 02:00 pm (0500 GMT) on Saturday in the town of Tomé, in the Bio Bio region, some 500 kilometers south of Santiago, when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the road and fell down a slope a hundred yards. The minibus was carrying thirty fans Rancagua O'Higgins, who returned to the city after having witnessed in Talcahuano his team's victory by 0-2 against Huachipato, at the start of the third round of the local championship. "Horrible tragedy in Tomé, our sincere condolences to all of our great family Celeste, strength to the families of the victims," said the club O'Higgins in his official Twitter account. Fire personnel and police have come to the scene, while the injured have been taken to hospitals in Concepción and Talcahuano, both in the Bio Bio region.

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