BUS OVERTURNS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA, EIGHT KILLED

BOGOTA, NOVEMBER 14 /SRNA/ - At least eight people were killed and 20 injured when a bus overturned on a highway in southwestern Colombia, local media reported.

According to reports, two children were among those killed.

The accident occurred today in the department of Huila while the bus was travelling from Florencia to the capital, Bogotá.

The injured were taken to hospitals in the nearby city of Neiva.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.

Preliminary reports indicate that the driver briefly fell asleep at the wheel, causing him to lose control of the bus, Azerbaijan's APA news agency reported.