Eight killed as bus falls into ravine in Mexico

By IANS

Mexico City : At least eight people were killed and 20 injured when a bus plunged into a 200-metre ravine in the northwestern Mexican state of Nayarit, Spanish news agency EFE reported Wednesday.


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According to local authorities, the accident occurred Monday night on the road linking the towns of Compostela and Chapalilla, when a car suddenly changed its direction and hit the bus. The driver of the bus lost control and the vehicle went off the highway.

The 40-year-old man who was driving the car admitted that he was at fault, police said.

The driver of the bus was among the injured who were taken to a nearby hospital.

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