Unknown number of dead and injured in Bolivia mudslide

Puente Armas: Six vehicles and a house were swept down a steep hillside by a mudslide in Bolivia on Saturday.

Local media are reporting that authorities are saying that the number of dead and injured is yet unknown.

Video images taken by a bystander after the mudslide show one woman being helped up the hillside by a group of men and numerous other injured persons laying under covered open air structures with other people standing around them.

Rescue workers had yet to access the site due to the adverse road conditions on either side of the mudslide and the Bolivian Highway Authority had closed further public access to the area for fear of more activity.

The area of the tragic incident is known as Puente Armas, some 100 kilomteres (62 miles) north of the capital La Paz were heavy rains have pounded the area for the last 48 hours.