Tow trucks and authorities work at the area of a road accident, which left over a dozen dead, in Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, in Oaxaca state, Mexico August 22, 2023. (Reuters)
16 people dead in Mexico road accident, over 30 injured
Over a dozen people have died in a road accident on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway in central Mexico, officials from the state of Puebla said on Tuesday on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
A source from the Oaxacan state prosecutor said the death toll had risen to 16 from a previously reported 15. Among the fatally injured victims were eight men and eight women.
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Over 30 others were injured and taken to hospital after the bus they were traveling on crashed with a trailer in the early hours of the morning, the Puebla officials added.
A video shared on X by the local Red Cross unit showed a mangled white bus lying on its side and rescue teams working in the dark.
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