Dozens dead when bus falls into ravine in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a highway into a 75-foot-deep ravine in southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing 27 passengers, an official said.The accident occurred in the mostly indigenous Mixtec region of the southern state of Oaxaca. State Interior Secretary Jesús Romero said preliminary reports indicated that 26 or 27 people had died in the accident.Romero said the bus driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and fell into a ravine.Photos distributed by police suggested the bus had flipped over, completely crushing the passenger compartment.
