Bus Train Collision Mexico February 13 - Around 16 people were killed in a collision that occurred north of Mexico on Friday night. The collision involved a bus on the highway and a freight train. Aside from the 16 people who died that night, 30 other people sustained injuries. So what led to the crash?
According to reports by Huffington Post regarding the bus train collision Mexico February 13, the bus in the collision had completely avoided the stop light at the railway crossing. The oncoming train thus had split the bus in half.
Head of emergency services in the Nuevo Leon state, Jorge Camacho, states that more than 16 people could have died at the bus train collision Mexico February 13. Local newspapers also add that the bus, which has only a capacity of 40 people, had carried 60 people at the time of the incident.
"We have confirmed the death of 16 people and we believe there are more underneath the bus, so the death toll could reach 20," says Camacho.
The latest update on the bus train collision Mexico February 13 states that the death count from 16 has reached up to 20. Four fatalities of the 30 injured people had died in the hospital. The incident occurred at the Tamaulipas town of Anahuac. This area is near the border of Nuevo Laredo, which is across Texas's' state Laredo.
The train involved in the bus train collision Mexico February 13 is operated by Transporte Frontera line. It was on route from Nuevo Laredo to Couhuila. As for the bus, it was reportedly travelling from Nuevo Laredo to Nuevo Rosita, which is in Coahuila.
Additional details regarding the bus train collision Mexico February 13 states that the incident is a "lamentable accident" that occurred around 5:25 in the evening. Employees around the area state that "an undetermined number of dead and injured" are still at the scene.
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