A bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that had separated from a truck carrying corn, resulting in 24 fatalities and five injuries, according to Mexican authorities on Saturday.
The accident occurred at midnight Friday when the bus was departing Tepic in the western Mexican state of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico. Five people were being treated at a hospital in Zacatecas for their injuries.
Juan Manríquez Moreno, coordinator of the National Guard in Zacatecas, stated in a video shared on social media that the trailer had detached from the truck on a highway and that the bus collided with it and flipped over onto its right side.
Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, secretary general of the government in Zacatecas, also provided a statement from the scene of the accident. He expressed his condolences to all families who lost loved ones in this unfortunate incident and stated that the highway where the crash happened was closed as officials secured the area. Authorities said they would soon release the names of the injured so family members can locate them.
Source: KTLA
