At least 19 dead as double-decker bus smashes head-on into truck in fireball crash in Mexico
AT LEAST 19 people have died following a horror collision between a passenger bus and a freight lorry in Mexico.
A further 22 have been left injured after both vehicles went up in flames as a result of the gruesome fireball crash on Tuesday, local authorities report.
The disaster happened on a highway in the township of Elota, near the port city of Mazatland in the north of the country, director of the state civil defence office Roy Navarrete said.
The bus, which had been travelling from the city of Guadalajara in the western state of Jalisco to Los Mochis in Sinaloa, was carrying a total of 37 people.
Injured survivors are being treated at local hospitals.
"Nineteen lifeless bodies have been counted," Sara Quinonez, attorney general of Sinaloa state, said in a video posted on social media.
She added that it would take time to identify the remains, NDTV report.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Photos of the scene show both vehicles reduced to burnt-out metal frames.
Local media claim the highway was closed following the collision, although whether it has reopened remains unclear.
