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.

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

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

Police in Guatemala are investigating what could have caused a passenger bus to crash through a guardrail and tumble into a ravine. At least 55 of the around 70 people on board were killed in the accident, which happened in the early hours of Monday, local time.

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.

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.