[1/2] A general view of the site of a bus crash in Barranca Blanca, Nayarit, Mexico, August 3, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a social media video.
The bus, part of the Elite passenger line, crashed near Barranca Blanca on the highway outside state capital Tepic, the officials said.
A source from Nayarit's firefighting service said six Indian citizens had been aboard the bus.
Just last month, another bus crash in the southern state of Oaxaca left 29 people dead, and in February, another bus carrying migrants from South and Central America crashed in central Mexico, killing 17.
Reporting by Mexico Newsroom; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Stephen Eisenhammer, David Gregorio and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
Barranca Blanca, Nayarit, Mexico, Cero Nayarit, REUTERS MEXICO, Tijuana, Tepic, Oaxaca, South, Central