Colombia bus crash toll varies from six to eight amid probe

A passenger bus traveling from Florencia to Bogotá overturned early Saturday on National Route 45 in Colombia’s Huila department. Reports gave differing tolls as authorities worked to verify the victims: deaths ranged from six to eight, with one later account citing seven, while reported injuries ranged from 11 to 20 or more. Two children were reported among the dead, and injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Neiva. Traffic police said the driver may have experienced a brief episode of microsleep and lost control, but the cause remains under investigation.