18 die as bus collides with fuel tanker in Mexico

Victims burnt to death as vehicle explodes

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Firefighters work at the area where several people died after a passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Hidalgo, Mexico. –Reuters

By AFP

Published: Sun 11 Sep 2022, 12:23 AM

At least 18 people died Saturday when the bus they were travelling in collided with a fuel truck in northern Mexico, authorities said.

The accident occurred early in the day at a point where a highway from Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas state crosses one from Monterrey in neighbouring Nuevo Leon state, according to a statement from the Tamaulipas prosecutor's office.

It said the 18 victims burned to death when fuel in the truck exploded.

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The bus had left Hidalgo state, in central Mexico, bound for Monterrey.

"As a result of the impact with a container truck," the statement said, "unfortunately there are 18 deaths so far."

It said an investigation is continuing.

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Published: Sun 11 Sep 2022, 12:23 AM

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