About 55 people died after a bus crashed through a metal rail and plunged into a ravine in Guatemala City in one of the deadliest bus crashes in Guatemala.

At least 56 people are dead after a bus plunged off a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City Fire Department spokesman Carlos Hernández told CBS News.

At least 51 people are dead after their bus plunged off a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital.

The bus carrying mainly commuters and students plunged into a ravine outside Guatemala City.

The bus collided with other vehicles on a main bridge in Guatemala’s capital before falling into a ravine early Monday morning.

Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other residents in the center of the humble village of Santo Domingo Los Ocotes in Guatemala for what should have been an hour-long ride to Guatemala’s capital.

A bus plunged into a ravine early Monday in Guatemala City, killing at least 54 people and injuring at least 20 others.

Guatemala City, Guatemala - Recent At least 55 people were killed in a bus crash in Guatemala in the early hours of Monday, making it one of the deadliest road accidents in Latin America in recent years.

At least 55 people are dead after a bus fell off a bridge and crashed into a ravine in Guatemala. Rescue workers pulled bodies out from wastewater in the ravine as they tried to identify victims.