On Saturday, April 29, a devastating bus accident occurred in western Mexico, resulting in the death of 18 people and injuring more than 30 others, including 11 children.
The bus was en route from Guadalajara, in the neighboring state of Jalisco, to Guayabitos, a beach resort in Nayarit, when it plunged nearly 50 feet into a ravine. The incident happened on the highway connecting the cities of Tepic and Puerto Vallarta, a well-known tourist destination.
The Nayarit prosecutor’s office reported that they coordinated with federal and state authorities to assist the victims. Images shared by Nayarit’s Security and Civil Protection Ministry showed rescue teams extracting survivors from the wreckage. Among the deceased were 11 women and seven men, while 11 minors were included in those transported to hospitals for medical attention.
According to Pedro Nunez, a civil protection officer, the bus was carrying passengers on a 140-mile journey, and all of them were Mexican nationals.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
This tragic incident comes on the heels of another fatal bus crash in February in the central Mexican state of Puebla, which took the lives of 17 people. In that accident, 15 passengers died at the scene, while two others succumbed to their injuries en route to the hospital.
