Horrific road accident in Mexico, bus collided with tractor trolley, 19 dead

Mexico: Major road accident took place in Mexico's Zacatecas province on Saturday. In which 19 people died and, six people were injured. While the reason behind these accidents is not reveled yet.  This accident happened when a tractor trolley collided with a bus.

19 people died in this road accident

According to the information, a bus accident took place on the highway in Mexico's central state of Zacatecas on Saturday. 19 people died in this accident while six others were injured. This accident happened in the morning when the bus carrying passengers collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer.

Initially 24 people were reported dead

Zacatecas Governor David Monreal had initially reported 24 deaths, but the state Attorney General's Office later revised this number in a statement and said that 19 people have died while 6 people are injured. The Attorney General's Office said that it is trying to arrest the driver of the tractor-trailer. A local government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that efforts were still underway on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into the ravine after the accident.

Bus was headed to Ciudad Juarez

According to the Attorney General's Office, the bus that was involved in the accident was headed to Ciudad Juarez, a city in the state of Chihuahua on the US-Mexico border. The Attorney General's Office also said the victims did not include migrants. Photos shared on social media showed rescue teams retrieving bodies at the scene.

Police is investigating the incident

Though bus was going to Ciudad Juarez, a city located in the state of Chihuahua on the US-Mexico border. Migrants were not among the dead. Acceding to local   officials, bus crashed on the highway in the central state of Zacatecas on Saturday.

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Accident happened in the morning when the bus carrying the victims collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying corn. The collision was so severe that both the bus and the tractor fell into the ditch.

Let us tell you that last year at least 10 people were killed, and 17 others were injured when a truck crashed on a highway in southern Mexico.