Horror as 19 people killed after cargo truck carrying corn crashes into passenger bus in Mexico

A scary clang has killed 19 group aft a cargo motortruck carrying maize smashed into a rider autobus successful Mexico.

Officials adjusted nan decease toll aft initially reporting 24 deaths, citing accusation from first responders, while six much person been near injured pursuing nan incident.

Victims were pulled from a valley aft nan bus, carrying 25 people, collapsed and overturned connected a road successful Mexico's cardinal authorities of Zacatecas connected Saturday.

According to section reports, nan trailer, which had been carrying corn, had travel loose from a tractor erstwhile nan rider autobus deed it, forcing it disconnected nan roadworthy and into a heavy ravine.

The lawyer general's agency said it was 'carrying retired investigations to apprehension nan driver' of nan tractor-trailer.

Efforts were ongoing connected Saturday greeting to retrieve immoderate of nan bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a section authorities charismatic who asked not to beryllium named told Reuters.

Images shared connected societal media showed rescue teams and information forces, including subject personnel, securing nan area while rescuers worked to retrieve nan bodies.

The autobus was headed for Ciudad Juarez, a metropolis connected nan US-Mexico separator successful nan authorities of Chihuahua. 

The road was closed to traffic, senior Zacatecas authorities charismatic Rodrigo Reyes said, adding that army, National Guard and civilian protection forces were deployed. 

The victims did not see migrants, according to nan lawyer general's office.

Traffic accidents successful Mexico person been connected nan emergence since 2020, erstwhile location were conscionable complete 300,000.

Last twelvemonth saw 381,048 accidents, starring to 4,803 deaths and much than 90,000 injuries, according to nan Inegi nationalist statistic institute.

It comes aft a clang successful April which claimed nan lives of 14 and near 31 others injured successful Mexico.

The autobus overturned connected nan El Capulín-Chalma road connected nan outskirts of nan superior pinch images from nan clip showing a large white autobus laying connected its side, blocking nan roadway.

Wounded individuals were rushed to infirmary successful 'code red' - meaning nan decease toll was apt to proceed to climb. 

The passengers connected nan autobus were travelling from Guanajuato to nan sanctuary of Chalma for belief reasons, according to section media.

And successful January, astatine slightest 19 group died and 22 were injured successful a head-on collision betwixt a rider autobus and a freight lorry.

Almost 50 group were said to person been connected committee erstwhile disaster struck connected a road successful nan township of Elota, adjacent nan larboard metropolis of Mazatland successful northern.

The autobus had been travelling from nan metropolis of Guadalajara, successful nan occidental authorities of Jalisco, to Los Mochis successful Sinaloa.

The lorry reportedly overturned erstwhile nan autobus drove into it, causing some vehicles to drawback fire.