<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Emergency services in Spain have confirmed a seventh death after a bus plunged from a bridge into a river on Christmas Eve (Saturday).</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rescuers retrieved the body of a woman from the Lerez river in the north-western Galicia region on Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Two people, including the driver, were hurt after the bus travelling from Lugo to Vigo fell from a height of about 30m (98ft) into the fast-flowing river.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Officials say bad weather may have caused the crash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They say the bus driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rescue teams initially ended their search near the village of Pedre, not far from Galicia's regional capital of Santiago de Compostela, on Christmas Day (Sunday) after finding six bodies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But they resumed the operation after one surviving passenger said a friend she had been travelling with was not on the official list of victims.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The woman had not been reported missing as nobody had been waiting for her, a Guardia Civil police spokesman told AFP news agency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her body was spotted by a helicopter in the river on Monday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Emergency services were first alerted about the incident by a passing driver who told them that a section of the bridge's safety barrier was missing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just minutes later, one of the survivors called them from inside the bus as it was fast filling with water.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This helped rescue teams to quickly locate the crash site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among those on board were people who had just visited loved ones at a prison in central Galicia, AFP adds, quoting local media. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>