A minimum of 18 lifeless, 33 injured from Mexico bus plunging off cliff

A minimum of 18 individuals had been killed and 33 injured when a bus fell off a cliff in western Mexico, native authorities mentioned Sunday.

The prosecutor’s workplace in Nayarit, the state the place the accident occurred, mentioned the automobile fell some 49 ft down a ravine on Saturday evening, on a freeway that connects state capital Tepic and the vacationer vacation spot of Puerto Vallarta.

“From the primary second, we have now labored in a coordinated method with the varied federal and state authorities to offer quick consideration to victims,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in a press release shared on Twitter.

Authorities reported that 11 ladies and 7 males had been killed.

A minimum of 11 minors have been transferred to hospitals for medical consideration.