A unit of the Mexican company ‘Monterrey buses’ suffered an accident in the state of Mississippiin the United States, when he was traveling back to Mexico; the balance was 8 muertos and at least 36 injured.
Six people (four men and three women) They died on the spot of the events and one more died at Merit Health Hospital in Vicksburg.
The bus was traveling westbound on Interstate 20 when it left the road and overturned near Bovina, Warren County.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, August 31.
Autobuses Regiomontanos: Accident in Mississippi was due to a mechanical failure
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the accident suffered by the Regiomontanos Bus unit was caused by a tire failure.
Authorities reported that the passengers were from Central America and Mexico. Among the dead are: a 6-year-old minor and his 16-year-old sisterboth of Mexican origin and who were identified by their mother, according to Warren County coroner personnel.
In addition, it was unofficially reported that four people had left Alabama on that bus because they were going to Guanajuato; of those people, a 52-year-old man had died.
Authorities are already working to identify the other victims of the road accident in which the bus ended up in a ditch and in which several passengers were thrown out.
Sheriff Pace said the injured people were transported to hospitals throughout the metropolitan area, from Vicksburg to Jackson.
Autobuses Regiomontanos vehicle overturns on return to Mexico; 7 people die (Especial)
Monterrey Bus Passengers Were Not Undocumented; 4 of the Dead Are Mexicans
A spokeswoman for the transportation company based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, indicated that the passengers of Monterrey buses all go through the appropriate immigration controlsas well as showing their passports or visas to enter Mexico or the United States.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol even found several identification documents of Mexican origin inside the bus.
Later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that four of the seven fatalities were of Mexican origin and Two of them were minors.
In this regard, he noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Mexican Consulate in New Orleans and the General Directorate of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning, will continue to provide consular assistance and protection to the families of the victims.
2024-09-01 21:57:59