| Gualaca bus crash | |
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| Details | |
| Date | February 15, 2023 |
| Location | Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, Panama |
| Coordinates | 8°37′49″N 82°12′48″W / 8.6304°N 82.2132°W |
| Incident type | Plunge from cliff |
| Cause | Driver error |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 42[1] |
| Injured | 24 |
On February 15, 2023, 42 people were killed in a bus crash in Panama. The bus was headed to a migrant reception center in the town of Gualaca when it crashed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, in the west of the country, about 67.8 km (42.1 mi) from the Costa Rican border.
The bus carried 66 passengers, most presumably migrants traveling north towards the United States after crossing the Darién Gap from Colombia into Panama. It drove off a cliff after the driver lost control while performing a U-turn near the migrant center entrance. Twenty people were hospitalized with serious injuries. It is one of the deadliest migrant accidents in Panama's history.
- ^ "Sube a 42 la cifra de muertos de la tragedia de Gualaca". TVN (in Spanish). February 27, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.