Fifteen Mexicans and one Venezuelan died in a road accident in central Mexico early on Tuesday, officials from Mexico’s INM migration institute said in a statement.
The 52 passengers traveling on the bus on Mexico’s Miahuatlan-Coixtlahuaca highway included 10 passengers from Venezuela, the INM said, adding they had appointments to seek legal entry to the United States.
Some 36 passengers were injured and taken to hospital after the bus crashed with a trailer in the early hours of the morning, officials from the state of Puebla said in a separate statement. A crane removes part of a passenger bus that crashed early today, in the municipality of Tepelmeme, Oaxaca state, Mexico on Aug. 22, 2023.A man observes the wreckage of a truck that crashed with a bus in a road accident which left over a dozen passengers dead, in Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, Mexico on Aug. 22, 2023.A soldier walks by a part of the bus wreckage in Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, Mexico on Aug. 22, 2023.
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