Acayucan bus crash
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On April 13, 2014, shortly after midnight,[1] a bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City collided with a broken-down truck and caught fire, killing at least 36 people,[2] all of whom were businesspeople from the Veracruz region.[3] There were four survivors.[4] The collision took place near the municipality of Juan Rodriguez Clara, which is itself near Acayucan.[5] The bus was owned by a car-rental company called "Turtle",[6] and the truck was owned by a milk protein company called "Prolat".[3][7] The truck had been on the shoulder of the highway prior to being hit by the bus.[8] Javier Duarte, the governor of Veracruz, said that because the bus caught fire, it will be much more difficult to identify the victims' bodies.[9] A Veracruz Civil Defense Agency official said the victims probably burned to death inside the bus.[1]
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Acayucan bus crash | |
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Date | 13 April 2014 |
Location | Mexico |
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Deaths | 36 |
Injured | 4 |