21 killed in Mexico highway crash
At least 21 people have
been killed Wednesday in a major highway accident in Mexico's central-eastern
state of Puebla, local authorities said.
The tragedy involved
three vehicles, and an unspecified number of other people were being treated
for injuries, Puebla Interior Minister Samuel Aguilar said in a post on the
social platform X.
The crash occurred on
Wednesday morning at kilometer 31 of the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway. Ambulances
and other emergency services are working at the scene.
Local media reported
that a fatal collision occurred when a truck attempted to overtake another
vehicle before crossing into the opposite lane and hitting a bus, then crashing
head-on into a transport van.
xinhua
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