at least 19 dead and 22 injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck

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At least 19 people died and another 22 were injured this Tuesday after a head-on collision between a truck and a bus in Mexico. According to authorities from the State Institute of Civil Protection, it occurred in the state of Sinaloa, in the northwest of the country.

The accident occurred on a two-lane road near the Elota municipality, and involved a double-decker bus in which 47 people were traveling, Roy Navarrete, director of Civil Protection of Sinaloa, said at a press conference.

The two vehicles collided head-on and were completely burned.

Mexico. The crash occurred in the state of Sinaloa, in the northwest of the country. (The Coast)

Tragedy in Mexico: at least 19 dead after a head-on collision

“19 lifeless bodies have been counted. This will take us a little time to identify, given that they are in a state of calcination,” said Sara Quiñónez, state attorney general, in a video published on social networks.

Navarrete confirmed that in the incident, the causes of which are being investigated, another 22 people were injured and have received medical attention, the AFP news agency reported.

In a first balance, Navarrete had reported 18 fatalities.

“As we have the data of the deceased people (on the site) we will make them known, as well as the data of the people (…) who died in hospitals,” the prosecutor indicated.

The bus had left the city of Guadalajara (state of Jalisco, west) bound for Los Mochis (Sinaloa).

Elota, the point where the tragedy occurred, is a tourist destination especially for American and Canadian citizens, who carry out fishing activities there at the El Salto dam.

Fatal accidents: the situation in Mexico

On November 21, at least 12 people died and another 58 were injured when a bus overturned on a highway in the state of Veracruz (east), with coasts on the Gulf of Mexico.

That vehicle had left the state of Chiapas (southern) and was traveling to the central state of Tlaxcala when the accident occurred, apparently due to driver error, AFP indicated.

Road accidents in 2023 were particularly lethal for undocumented migrants trying to reach the United States through Mexico.

A total of 18 Venezuelans and Haitians died when the bus they were traveling in overturned in the state of Oaxaca (southern) on October 6, just five days after ten Cuban women, including a minor, died in another road accident in the state. from Chiapas (south).

Likewise, on August 22, a bus accident left 18 dead, most of them Mexican, and more than thirty injured in the central state of Puebla.

* With information from Agencia Télam