By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A bus crashed on a highway in Mexico’s central state of Zacatecas on Saturday, killing 19 persons and injuring six others.
The accident, according to NBC News, occurred in the early morning hours when the bus carrying the victims collided with the back of a tractor-trailer carrying corn, which had come loose.
Earlier on Saturday, Zacatecas Governor David Monreal initially reported a preliminary death toll of 24 people, but the state attorney general’s office later revised the tally in a statement.
The attorney general’s office said it was “carrying out investigations to arrest the driver” of the tractor-trailer.
As of Saturday morning, efforts were ongoing to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine.
Stonix News reports that the bus was headed for Ciudad Juarez, a city on the U.S.-Mexico border in the state of Chihuahua. The victims did not include migrants.
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