A car slammed into a bus near Mexico's Gulf coast, causing a fiery
crash that left 24 people dead and another 10 injured, authorities said
on Monday.
Civil defense authorities in Veracruz said the compact
car and the bus collided on a highway in the neighboring state of
Puebla.
Two people died in the car, and 22 aboard the bus as the vehicle
was consumed by flames. The bus had set out from the Veracruz
city of Poza Rica on Sunday. Apparently many of the passengers were
students, but authorities were still working to identify the dead.
The
state civil defense office said the car apparently struck the bus'
doors, preventing the occupants from getting out. Flames consumed the
bus, leaving it a burnt-out hulk. About 10 passengers got out through the bus' windows. Ten people were injured in the crash, apparently all of those who got out.
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