29 killed, 19 injured in Mexico bus crash

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 29 people have been killed and 19 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in southern Mexico early on Wednesday.

Reuters news agency quoted Jesus Romero, the state interior minister, as saying the bus traveling from Mexico city through Oaxaca state crashed at around 6:30am when the driver believed to have lost control of the vehicle.

He added 14 people were hospitalized in the town of Tlaxiaco while five others were airlifted to the state capital of Oaxaca city.

According to reports, 18 people were killed and dozens others injured when a bus flipped over in western Mexico in April.

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