At Least 8 People Killed In Major Road Accident In Mexico - Civil Protection Office

MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th September, 2018) At least eight people were killed in a major car accident in the Mexican state of Jalisco after a passenger bus collided with a truck and overturned, the state's office of civil protection said on Saturday.

"The collision ... of a passenger bus with a float loaded with cardboard near kilometer marker 13 [mile marker 8] on the road connecting Lagos de Moreno and Union de San Antonio. According to the preliminary information, eight people were killed and 10 others were injured [in the accident]. The road has been closed," the office wrote on its Twitter blog.

Meanwhile, according to the Jornada news portal, the number of injured as a result of the road accident amounted to 20 people.