24 killed in Mexico when bus crashes after hitting trailer that detached from truck

mexico metropolis — 

A autobus tipped implicit successful cardinal Mexico aft colliding with a trailer that detached from a motortruck transporting corn, sidesplitting 24 radical and injuring five, Mexican authorities said Saturday.

The clang happened astatine midnight Friday erstwhile the autobus was leaving Tepic successful the occidental Mexico authorities of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez successful bluish Mexico. The injured were being treated astatine a infirmary successful Zacatecas.

Juan Manriquez Moreno, coordinator of the National Guard successful Zacatecas, said successful a video connection shared connected societal media that the motortruck trailer detached connected a highway. The rider autobus collided with the trailer and tipped implicit connected its close side.

Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, caput wide of the authorities successful Zacatecas, besides shared a connection from the country of the accident. "We nonstop our solidarity and condolences to each the families and radical who person mislaid a loved 1 successful this unfortunate accident," helium said.

He added that the road wherever the clang happened was closed arsenic officials secured the area. Authorities said they volition soon merchandise the names of the injured truthful families tin find them.