MEDELLIN, Colombia, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- At least six people died on a highway leading to Colombia's city of Medellin after a landslide barreled onto the road due to heavy rain, officials said.
The landslide occurred about 7 miles north of Medellin in near the Copacabana town in Colombia's Antioquia province Wednesday. Authorities said rescuers were searching for more than a dozen people.