Buenos Aires: At least 43 policemen were killed after the bus they were travelling in rammed through a bridge into a dried-up riverbed in Argentina on Monday, authorities said.

The bus belonged to Argentina's military police force, and was travelling between the towns of Santiago del Estero and San Salvador de Jujuy, according to Xinhua news agency. Early reports from emergency response teams in the Salta province said the bus was carrying 51 people and eight have been hospitalised,