Mexico City, Aug 4: At least 17 passengers were killed when a bus left the highway and tumbled down a steep hillside in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit early Thursday, Mexican authorities said. The state public safety agency said that rescuers were still working to remove people from the bus and that the death toll was preliminary. Road Accident in Telangana: School Bus Loses Control, Overturns in Danthalapally Mandal of Mahabubabad District (Watch Video).

Twenty-two passengers were injured, it said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. The accident occurred near Tepic, the state capital. Uttarakhand Bus Accident Video: 11 Injured After Bus Overturns in Haridwar.

Mexico Bus Accident

Local media outlets reported that the bus was travelling from Mexico City to the border city of Tijuana.

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