 | This article may be excessively based on contemporary reporting.(March 2024) |
| 2021 Mexico bus crash | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 26 November 2021 |
| Location | San José el Guarda, Joquicingo, State of Mexico |
| Country | Mexico |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 19 |
| Injured | 30 |
On 26 November 2021, a bus crashed on the Joquicingo-Malinalco highway in Central Mexico, killing at least 19 people. [1] A bus carrying Catholic pilgrims was travelling on a highway on route to a religious shrine when it crashed into a house. [2]
The bus was reportedly carrying Roman Catholic pilgrims, traveling from Michoacán to the Chalma temple, a religious site in Chalma. [3] The site is popular among Christians who pilgrimage there for 12 December, the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. [4] [5] The crash happened in the small town of San José el Guarda near the municipality of Joquicingo. [6] Six people who were severely injured were flown to a hospital in Toluca. [7] [8] Witnesses said that the brakes of the bus failed, and the bus left the road crashing into a house. [8]
Assistant state interior secretary Ricardo de la Cruz Musalem said that the injured had been airlifted to local hospitals and an investigation is underway. [6]
President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador interrupted a speech to confirm the tragedy. [9] Governor of the State of Mexico Alfredo del Mazo Maza said that he regretted the accident. [10] He spoke of helping those injured and providing care to the families of the deceased. [11]
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