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At least 18 dead and 30 injured after a tourist bus collapsed in Mexico

01 May 2023 01:03 (UTC +04:00)

A plan to go to the beach on the Labor Day holiday has ended in tragedy in western Mexico, APA reports citing Rival Times.

At least 18 people have died and another 30 have been injured when a tourist bus fell off a cliff on federal highway 200, which runs from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta, near the town of Mesillas, Compostela municipality, in western Mexico.

The Nayarit Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection has reported that the vehicle was carrying 42 passengers who were being transported from Guadalajara to Guayabitos beach (about 150 kilometers away). Of the injured people, at least seven are minors, according to local media reports. So far, the causes of this incident have not been disclosed.

A report from the Nayarit Civil Protection service mentions that the bus fell at least 15 meters into a ravine, after reports were made to the emergency service, where elements of the local police and elements of the National Guard arrived.