MEXICO CITY, Dec 19, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – Fourteen people, including five
children, were killed Wednesday after a mini-bus ran into a lumber truck and
caught fire, authorities said.
The mini-bus carrying a family was en route from their native Guanajuato
state to the Pacific beach resort of Puerto Vallarta when it crashed into the
truck, which stopped on the side of the road, said state emergency
authorities, adding that 12 others were injured in the accident.
Many of the victims were trapped inside the burning vehicle, while two in
serious condition were airlifted to a hospital in Guadalajara, capital of the
Mexican state of Jalisco, said officials.