A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing.
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00:00A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico early Saturday morning left 41 people
00:07dead.
00:08It was around 2 in the morning when we heard the crash and we opened the window and while
00:15we were running to help, because you could hear the screams, the laments, unfortunately,
00:22horrible, and we went out to help, but it was not possible, it was too much, the impact
00:29of the two, the two vehicles turned on and we could only help ten people.
00:37Ten people, including a girl who had a broken skull and the other men with burns, very serious
00:48burns.
00:49And what can I tell you, the laments, it's something horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible.
00:55According to the Tabasco State Government, recovery efforts are still ongoing.
00:59The Governor, Javier May, instructed us to support the families of the debtors who unfortunately
01:14had this accident.
01:17The bus, carrying 48 passengers, collided with a truck, killing 38 passengers and both
01:23drivers.
01:24The truck driver also died.
01:26A security official from Tabasco, speaking on condition of anonymity, said only 18 skulls
01:32had been recovered so far, with many remains still missing.
01:36Bus operator Torres Acosta said it was profoundly sorry about what happened, in a post on Facebook,
01:43stating that it was cooperating with authorities to determine the cause of the crash and whether
01:48the bus had been within the speed limit.
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