Big accident in Mexico: 18 people died after the bus fell into the ditch, many Indians were also aboard

Mexico (Best Hindu News): A bus fell into a gorge below the highway in Mexico in the early hours of Thursday. At least 18 people have died in this accident. Many others are injured. According to local officials, most of the passengers on the bus were foreigners. They were on their way to the American border. Let us tell you that this accident happened on the way to the northern border city of Tijuana. A total of 42 citizens from India, Dominican Republic and African countries were on board the bus.

The Nayarit government said in a statement, “The bus driver has been taken into custody. The officials suspect that he was speeding the bus around the bend of the road. That’s why the accident happened.” Officials said the identity of the dead was being ascertained. According to the state government, around 20 people have received serious injuries. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. The condition of a woman among the injured is said to be critical.

Nayarit’s Security and Civil Defense Secretary Jorge Benito Rodríguez said, “The rescue operation is very difficult because the trench is about 40 meters (131 feet) deep. Last month, 29 people died in a bus accident in the southern state of Oaxaca. Earlier in February, a bus carrying migrants from South and Central America crashed in central Mexico, killing 17 people.