A spectacular Shock between a passenger bus And a cargo truck left at least 41 people dead and eight wounds, Southern Tabasco state authorities said on Saturday, where the events occurred.
The state government reported that the passenger unit He took 48 people on boardamong them the two drivers who died and who also died the driver of the truck involved in the accident.
“According to the indications of localized human remains, the death of 41 people is estimated,” he told a government source in Tabasco to Reuters.
“18 skulls were located around the accident area (…) most people died calcined,” added another source of the local police.
Earlier, the Secretary of Government in Tabasco, Ramiro López, informed that authorities would give detailed information about The identity of the victimssince the research work continued.
In a message on Facebook the company Tours Acosta said that the bus of its property was hit by a trailer that “The lane invaded” On the Villa del Sol-Tecolutilla road, in Tabasco, and that they were collaborating with the authorities to clarify the case.
He also published a handmade list with the name and surname of the passengers who were on board the bus, along with a photograph of the car involved in the fully calcined accident.
Help screams
Images and videos disseminated in social networks They showed the sinister area And how the bus in which dozens of people died burned, the heartbreaking voice of a man asking for help was also heard.
“Please help, help,” he shouted despair while the bus was on fire.
In another video I spread on Facebook, you could see how people tried to escape the flames that had reached part of their body and people describing the image of the skull of a child hung from one of the bus windows.
Later on Saturday, the Secretary of Government of the State Campeche, neighbor with Tabasco, said that The injured were being treated In different hospitals in the state where the accident occurred.
“We regret the loss of human lives (…) we are working to support the victims of this accident,” he added.
