Global Courant 2023-05-01 11:51:26
Authorities in Mexico said a bus fell off a cliff on the western side of the country, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 30 others, including nearly a dozen children, according to a report.
The Nayarit prosecutor’s office said on Sunday evening that the bus fell about 15 meters into a ravine on Saturday night, Reuters reported.
The incident took place in the Mexican state of Nayarit near a highway that connects Tepic to Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination.
The Nayarit Ministry of Security and Civil Protection has released photos showing rescuers pulling victims from the wreckage.
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Firefighters and paramedics pull injured victims of bus crashes from the wreckage. (Reuters/Nayarit’s Ministry of Security and Civil Protection)
Officials identified the dead as 11 women and seven men. At least 11 minors have been transferred to hospitals in the region, according to the report.
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Rescue teams put survivors on a stretcher and in an ambulance after a bus crash on April 30, 2023, which killed at least 18 victims and injured more than 30 others. (Reuters/Nayarit’s Ministry of Security and Civil Protection)
Emergency services rescue survivors of a bus accident that left at least 18 victims on April 30, 2023. (Reuters/Nayarit’s Ministry of Security and Civil Protection)
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In February, a bus accident in the central Mexican state of Puebla killed 17 people.
Fifteen of the 45 passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and two others died en route to hospital, officials said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
