{"id":2154,"date":"2026-09-06T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:23:02","slug":"at-least-25-people-dead-in-a-bus-crash-in-cape-verdes-fogo-island-officials-and-media-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/?p=2154","title":{"rendered":"At least 25 people dead in a bus crash in Cape Verde\u2019s Fogo Island, officials and media say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A motorboat passes a general cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)<\/small><\/p>\n

2026-09-06T10:11:04Z<\/p>\n

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) \u2014 At least 25 people \u2014 mostly teenagers \u2014 were killed in a traffic accident in the African island nation of Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n

The accident, which occurred on the Campanas de Cima route, a mountainous area in Fogo Island, occurred on Saturday and involved a passenger bus. Several people were also injured.<\/p>\n

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The president of Cape Verde, Jos\u00e9 Maria Pereira Neves, called the accident \u201ca great catastrophe\u201d in a statement on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Seven bodies were immediately buried due to their condition, local media report citing the island\u2019s health authorities. The cause of the accident is yet to be determined by the authorities.<\/p>\n

The president and some other officials are expected to visit the island on Sunday, according to a local news agency.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A motorboat passes a general cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi) 2026-09-06T10:11:04Z PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) \u2014 At least 25 people \u2014 mostly teenagers \u2014 were killed in a traffic accident in the African island nation of Cape Verde, local media and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}