60 killed in 650ft bus plunge.A BUS carrying Mexican tourists plunged off a 650ft cliff yesterday, killing at least 60 people in a crash police said could have been caused by brake failure Noun 1. brake failure - brakes fail to stop a vehicle equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" on the steep mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. roads. Three people were injured in the crash that came as the bus travelled from the western city of Guadalajara to the Gulf coast state of Tabasco following Easter week In the Anglican and other Latin-rite churches, Easter Week is the week beginning with the Christian feast of Easter and ending a week later on Easter Saturday. In Eastern Orthodoxy, this week is known as Bright Week. . The number of dead could rise. Police did not immediately know what caused the crash, but were investigating whether the driver was speeding or if the brakes failed on the bus as it descended one of the area's many winding roads, said Ranulfo Marquez Hernandez, deputy secretary of civil protection for Veracruz state, where the crash occurred. Two of the injured passengers were taken unconscious to area hospitals. The condition of the third, an eight-year-old girl, was not immediately known. |
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