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At Least 13 People Dead, 50 Injured in Bus Crash in Mexico - Reports

© AP Photo / AP TelevisionIn this image made from Associated Press Television News video emergency responders work at the scene of a bus and freight train collision Friday Feb. 13, 2015. The collision at a grade crossing in northern Mexico, killed at least 16 people and injured 22, according to a Mexican official. The official said the accident Friday occured in the town of Anahuac, which is Tamaulipas state near the border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas.
In this image made from Associated Press Television News video emergency responders work at the scene of a bus and freight train collision Friday Feb. 13, 2015. The collision at a grade crossing in northern Mexico, killed at least 16 people and injured 22, according to a Mexican official. The official said the accident Friday occured in the town of Anahuac, which is Tamaulipas state near the border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas. - Sputnik International
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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - At least 13 people died and 50 were injured after a passenger bus rammed into a bridge support beam and rolled over on Thursday in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, media reported.

The accident occurred on the Delicias-Saucillo highway, the ADN40 broadcaster said.

According to various local media reports, citing eyewitnesses and emergency services, the bus crashed into the bridge support beam and rolled over, resulting in severe injuries and casualties.

Ten people were killed on the spot, and 32 more were hospitalized. Three people were later found to have died in the hospitals.

Every year, about 400,000 road accidents take place across Mexico, in which approximately 16,000 people die.

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