Bus carrying migrants in Mexico crashes, killing 17
Published: 06:02 PM,Feb 20,2023 | EDITED : 10:02 PM,Feb 20,2023
A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America crashed in central Mexico, killing 17 people, officials in Puebla state said on Monday.
The accident occurred on a highway on Sunday afternoon as a bus with 45 passengers headed north, Puebla’s Interior Minister Julio Huerta told reporters.
“Fifteen people at the moment of the accident lost their lives,” he told a news conference. Another 15 were hospitalised, two of whom later died, he said. Five others remain in critical condition.
The accident occurred on a highway on Sunday afternoon as a bus with 45 passengers headed north, Puebla’s Interior Minister Julio Huerta told reporters.
“Fifteen people at the moment of the accident lost their lives,” he told a news conference. Another 15 were hospitalised, two of whom later died, he said. Five others remain in critical condition.