Fatality

A head-on collision between a truck and an intercity bus on the CA-13 highway in Guaymitas, El Progreso, killed the truck driver Orlando Zavala and injured eleven bus passengers during Honduras's Morazán Week holiday travel.

Gerardo Antonio Alfaro Laínez, 39, was struck and killed by a truck on San Pedro Sula's northern boulevard after dismounting his motorcycle to aid another rider involved in a collision.

A young person died and others were injured when lightning struck a group sheltering from rain, authorities said.

A fire in the Primavera neighborhood of San Pedro Sula destroyed three homes and killed Rubí Chelsea Cáceres, 32, a mother of two, who suffered severe burns after escaping the flames; another person was injured.

Honduras's Health Ministry confirmed a third fatality linked to New World screwworm and warned of a rising number of cases across the country.