Bus plunges down ravine in Mexico, killing 17 and injuring 22

MEXICO CITY --- At least 17 people died in western Mexico when a passenger bus plunged off a highway into a ravine in the early hours of Thursday, a state official said, adding that 22 more had been injured but were in a stable condition. The rescue has been "extremely difficult", said Jorge Benito Rodriguez, the security and civil protection secretary for Nayarit state, as the ravine was some 50 meters (164 ft) deep. Fourteen adults and three children were killed, he said, adding it was not clear what had caused the bus, carrying about 40 passengers towards Tijuana, to go off the road. Earlier on Thursday, Nayarit's Civil Protection and Firefighters had shared photos of amb...

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