#Accidente altura del embalse Zuata con Buscama con ruta Pto La Cruz-Maracay #Precaución pic.twitter.com/sgzkDSXyKv
— Policía Nacional Ve (@CPNB_VE) March 22, 2015CARACAS, Venezuela, March 23 (UPI) -- A bus in Venezuela fell into a ravine after the driver lost control on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and injuring about 36 others.
The bus was on the Central Regional Highway that links Caracas with the city of Valencia, but few details have been released. The bus fell into a lake in the ravine near a dam, according to the Bolivarian National Police.
Some witnesses say the bus driver fell asleep while driving.
The bus was heading from the city of Puerto la Cruz in eastern Venezuela to Maracay, the capital of the state of Aragua. The bus driver was among the dead.
Four other men and six women were killed instantly. Five children were among the injured and taken to nearby hospitals.
There was a similar event last June where 20 people were killed after a bus crashed into a tree on the same highway.
