{"id":6158,"date":"2026-06-15T06:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7706145\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:22:16","slug":"at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6158\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) \u2014 Police in Ethiopia say at least 31 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in the conflict-hit northern Amhara region.<\/p>\n<p>The overcrowded bus was traveling from the Dessie area to the capital, Addis Ababa, early Monday when it veered off the road and plunged into a ravine, according to the Kombolcha Town Administration Police Division.<\/p>\n<p>Many people died due to delays in emergency response as the area lacks basic infrastructure and ambulance services, forcing passengers to be transported in public vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The road where the accident occurred winds through hilly terrain and is widely known as hazardous. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A similar bus crash into a river in Ethiopia\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethiopia-road-accident-truck-river-14695884cfacd7d0a79424ce7b54746e\" rel=\"noopener\">southern Sidama region<\/a> in December 2024 left 66 people dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) \u2014 Police in Ethiopia say at least 31 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in the conflict-hit northern Amhara region. The overcrowded bus was traveling from the Dessie area to the capital, Addis Ababa, early Monday when it veered off the road and plunged into a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"e9781344-d402-4e68-903c-336e34b4c08c","source":"The Associated Press","byline":"","published":"2026-06-15 06:22:16","updated":"2026-06-15 06:22:16","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1303,1304],"tags":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-6158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6158\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6158\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6158\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"International","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Associated Press"}],"creator":["The Associated Press"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z","datePublished":"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z","dateModified":"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/news\\\/6158\\\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/infonews.ca\\\/inwheels\\\/news\\\/6158\\\/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crashes-in-ethiopia\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"International\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"The Associated Press\"}],\"creator\":[\"The Associated Press\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"iNwheels\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T13:22:16Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/infonews.ca\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_modified":"2026-06-15T06:22:16","post_modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:22:16","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6158"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=6158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}