Mexico City, July 6: A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 metre-deep) gully in southern Mexico, killing at least 27 passengers, an official said. The crash occurred in the largely indigenous Mixteca region of the southern state of Oaxaca on Wednesday.

The state's Interior Secretary, Jesús Romero, said 27 people had died in the crash, including a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler. He said that about 20 people were injured in the accident, some very seriously. Romero said the bus driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the gully. US Car Crash Video: Four-Wheeler Flies Through Air After Hitting Tow Truck Ramp in Georgia, Driver Miraculously Survives Horrific Accident.

"It appears that a lack of skill and tiredness caused the accident," Romero said in remarks to a local television station. Photos distributed by police suggested the bus had flipped, totally crushing the passenger compartment. The bus set out from Mexico City to carry passengers to a number of tiny, remote mountain villages in the impoverished Mixteca region. Another Accident on Samruddhi Mahamarg Today: Three Family Members of AIMIM Leader Syed Moin Die in Mishap on Maharashtra Expressway Day After 25 People Charred to Death in Buldhana Bus Fire.

The route, and the possessions, bundles and baskets strewn amid the wreckage, suggested the victims were people who worked in manual labour in the capital, and were returning to their home towns when the accident occurred.

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