Guerrero Mexico: At least 26 dead 22 injured in bus crash heading to a political rally

Posted on June 26, 2012 • Filed under: Mexico, TRAVEL

When the finale came the mayoral candidate for the PT to the town of Buena Vista de Cuellar, Elias Salgado, in northern Guerrero a passenger bus overturned and plunged into a ravine 300 feet deep, leaving Preliminary 26 people dead and 22 wounded.
Assistant Secretary of Civil Protection of Guerrero, Constantino González Vargas, confirmed that at least 26 people were killed when a bus overturn at kilometer 5 of the federal highway leading from the town of Buena Vista Tlamacazapa Cuellar, in addition to 22 others were injured and were taken for medical attention.
Interviewed by telephone, the state official, who moved to the site, said that the incident took place at 13:30 hours yesterday, when the bus with people heading to a political rally at the town of Buena Vista de Cuellar , starting from Tlamacazapa town, where at kilometer 5 of that road the bus overturned and plunged into a ravine 300 meters deep.
“We have complete data, but it was in Buena Vista de Cuellar to Tlamacazapa, a bus turned around and went into a ravine 300 meters (…) and there are about 26 dead and 22 wounded, we have no precise data but is confirming the information, “said the official government of Guerrero. Read Article

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