Overview
- Guatemala decreed three days of national mourning after a bus plunged about 100 meters in Totonicapán, killing 15 and injuring more than 20 as forensic teams worked to identify all victims.
- In Brazil, 11 people died on BR-101 at Mucurí when a Chevrolet S10 and a Fiat Dobló collided head-on and burned, with police examining a suspected improper overtaking and some victims requiring DNA identification.
- Japan reported at least two dead and 26 injured in a 50-plus vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway near Minakami during heavy snowfall, with sections still closed as authorities probe icy conditions and multiple vehicle fires.
- On Argentina’s Route 3 near Las Flores, a married couple died in a frontal collision and their 13-year-old daughter survived, with prosecutors opening a case provisionally classified as double involuntary manslaughter.
- In Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a driver who registered 1.99 g/l blood alcohol was detained and charged after fatally striking a pedestrian, with the vehicle seized and a fiscal investigation underway.