Passenger bus crashes off bridge in Argentina

At least nine people are known to have died after a bus crashed off a bridge into a stream in northeastern Argentina.

It is known that the bus collided with an oncoming passenger car, according to TN television.

As a result of the accident, the vehicle with passengers broke through the guardrail and fell from the bridge into a stream.

At this time, it is known that eight passengers and the driver were killed, and 29 people were taken to a local hospital.

The bus was traveling from the city of Oberá to the city of Puerto Iguazú, located in the province of Misiones.

Local police reported that there was very thick fog on the highway at the time of the tragedy involving the passenger bus.