MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Nineteen people were killed and six others injured when a bus crashed on a highway in central Mexico’s Zacatecas state on Saturday, local authorities said.
The accident happened in the early hours of the morning, when the bus carrying the victims crashed into the back of a detached corn trailer.
Zacatecas Gov. David Monreal earlier Saturday initially reported a preliminary death toll of 24, but the state attorney’s office later revised the number in a statement.
The Attorney General’s Office said it was “conducting an investigation to arrest the driver” of the tow truck.
Efforts were continuing on Saturday morning to retrieve some of the bodies that fell into the abyss, a local government official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Images shared on social media showed rescue teams and security forces, including military personnel, securing the area as rescuers worked to retrieve the bodies.
The bus was headed for Ciudad Juarez, a city on the US-Mexico border in the state of Chihuahua. There are no migrants among the victims, the prosecutor’s office said.