Acayucan bus crash

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Acayucan bus crash
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Date13 April 2014
Location Mexico
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Deaths36
Injured4

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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Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto expressed his condolences to the victims' families via Twitter. [4] Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, also lamented the accident on Twitter, writing, "My deepest condolences to the families of the people who passed away in this accident." [10]

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  1. 1 2 "Dozens reported dead in Mexico bus crash". CBS News . Associated Press. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mexico bus crash kills 36 people in Veracruz". BBC News . 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Bus Crashes and Burns in Mexico, Killing at Least 36". The New York Times . Associated Press. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 Associated Press (13 April 2014). "Bus hits truck on Mexico highway; 36 reported dead". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "At least 36 people killed in Mexico bus crash". The London Free Press . Reuters. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Russo, Camila (13 April 2014). "Mexico Bus Crash Leaves 33 Dead, 4 Injured, El Universal Says". Businessweek . Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "36 Dead In Fiery Mexico Bus Crash". Canada Journal. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Agence France-Presse (13 April 2014). "At least 36 dead in Mexico bus crash". Abc.net.au . Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "UPDATE 2-At least 33 people killed in Mexican bus crash". Reuters . 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Lopez, Oscar (13 April 2014). "Veracruz Bus Accident: Crash In Mexican State Leaves 36 Dead; Enrique Peña Nieto Sends 'Deepest Condolences'". Latin Times. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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