A passenger bus driver lost control and plunged into a 75-foot gorge in southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing 29 people, the Associated Press reported.
The accident reportedly occurred in the indigenous Mixteca region of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico. Most of the passengers seemed to be manual laborers working in the capital and returning to their villages. according to to the Associated Press.
Oaxaca’s Interior Minister, Jesús Romero, said the 29 people were killed and another 20 were injured, some seriously, according to the Associated Press. He added that one of the dead was a 1-and-a-half-year-old toddler. (Related: Mexican border city mayor lives in army base after gang threats)
“Lack of skill and fatigue seem to have caused the accident,” Romero said, according to the Associated Press.
The bus was reportedly bound for the small town of Yozondua, but deviated at Magdalena Peñasco. according to To El Informador de Oaxaca.
Gobierno Secretariat Confirmation #OaxacaJesús Romero López, 27 people killed in car traffic in the city of Magdalena Peñasco, a fatal accident in the Mexican city and the region of Yozondua pic.twitter.com/iHDNWaAApk
— El Informador of Oaxaca (@OaxInformador) July 5, 2023
photograph obtained According to NBC News, the bus overturned at the bottom of the ditch.
Senator Salomon Jara Cruz from Oaxaca state expressed his condolences. twitter.
“We deeply regret what happened in Magdalena Peñasco. We extend our deepest condolences and offer all assistance to help them cope with their tragic loss.”
