FOURTEEN folks have died and 31 others are injured following a tragic bus crash in Mexico.
The bus overturned on the El Capulín-Chalma freeway on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday.
Horror photographs from the scene confirmed a big white bus laying on its aspect, blocking the roadway.
Injured folks had been reportedly taken to the hospital in “code purple”, that means the loss of life toll might improve.
The passengers on the bus had been travelling from Guanajuato to the sanctuary of Chalma for non secular causes, in response to native media.
Highway accidents are frequent and have been on the rise in Mexico since 2020.
There have been greater than 377,200 associated claims made in 2022, in response to the Nationwide Statistics Institute.
The tragedy comes after 10 folks, together with 4 minors, died in a crash within the north-central state of San Luis Potosi on February 24.
On Saturday, three migrants had been killed after a truck ran over them as they walked within the southern state of Oaxaca.
The motive force is reportedly nonetheless at giant.
In January, at the least 19 folks died and 22 folks had been injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a freight lorry.
Virtually 50 folks had been mentioned to have been on board when catastrophe struck on a freeway within the township of Elota, close to the port metropolis of Mazatland in northern Mexico.
The bus had been travelling from town of Guadalajara, within the western state of Jalisco, to Los Mochis in Sinaloa.
The lorry reportedly overturned when the bus drove into it, inflicting each autos to catch hearth.
Final 12 months, at the least 29 folks had been killed in Mexico when a passenger bus careered off a street and plummeted 80 ft right into a ravine.
An investigation was launched into the reason for the accident, however early indications urged it was the results of mechanical failure.
Passengers on the bus had been travelling from Mexico Metropolis to tiny, distant mountain villages within the impoverished Mixteca area.