At least 18 dead, 32 injured in Mexico bus rollover
A bus crash on the outskirts of Mexico City has killed 18 people and injured 32 others, the state of Mexico’s civil protection agency says.
The accident happened in Malinalco in the southern region of Mexico state, which surrounds the capital on three sides, when a bus travelling from San Luis de la Paz, in Guanajuato State in central Mexico, to the Chalma sanctuary south of Mexico City, overturned on the highway.
Fourteen people were killed instantly, while another four died later in hospital, according to the state of Mexico’s secretary of security.
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The state prosecutors’ offices of Mexico and Guanajuato said they were assisting the bereaved families.
