Photos released by the service show the bus overturned on a closed road bend
A bus carrying dozens of migrants overturned in southern Mexico today, killing 17 people and injury at least 15, authorities said.
The majority of immigrants were Venezuelans.
The bus was moving on a highway in the State of Oaxaca when it overturned, said the civil protection service of that State in a post on X.
Mexico 🇲🇽
A bus transporting a group of migrants through southern Mexico, mostly from Venezuela, crashed, leaving a preliminary balance of 17 dead and several injured on the Oaxaca-Mexico highway. RIP 🙏
Source: Intelsky pic.twitter.com/dbhnNu4Guy— Outspoken. 🇬🇧 (@ExploringAlway) October 6, 2023
Photos released by the service show the bus overturned on a closed bend in the road.
The authorities of the neighboring State of Puebla they emphasized that 15 injured from the traffic accident were transferred to hospitals in this State.
La @CEPCyGR_GobOax he intervened and brought help before a road accident occurred at kilometer 88 of the Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway, where a bus with 55 migrant people, mostly of Venezuelan nationality, was involved. @salomonj @GobOax pic.twitter.com/ndZfwxrAmT
— State Coordination of Civil Protection (@CEPCyGR_GobOax) October 6, 2023
Large numbers of migrants arrive at Mexico’s border with the US.
Migrants try to cross Mexico by traveling on buses, trucks or commercial trains.
Source :Skai
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