At least 29 people were killed and 19 others injured on Wednesday after a bus coming from Mexico City plunged off a cliff on a highway in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, according to local officials.
The accident occurred in the early morning in the municipality of Magdalena Penasco, when the vehicle veered off the road and fell into a ravine more than 10 meters deep, said State Government Secretary Jose de Jesus Romero during a press conference.
Fourteen people were hospitalized in the town of Tlaxiaco, while five others were airlifted to the state capital of Oaxaca City, officials said.
(With input from agencies)
(Cover: Members of the municipal police work at the site where a bus plummeted into a ravine in the outskirts of Magdalena Penasco, Oaxaca state, Mexico, July 5, 2023. /CFP)