FOURTEEN people have died and 31 others are injured following a tragic bus crash in Mexico.
The bus overturned on the El Capulín-Chalma highway on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday.
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Horror images from the scene showed a large white bus laying on its side, blocking the roadway.
Injured people were reportedly taken to the hospital in “code red”, meaning the death toll may increase.
The passengers on the bus were travelling from Guanajuato to the sanctuary of Chalma for religious reasons, according to local media.
Road accidents are common and have been on the rise in Mexico since 2020.
There were more than 377,200 related claims made in 2022, according to the National Statistics Institute.
The tragedy comes after 10 people, including four minors, died in a crash in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi on February 24.
On Saturday, three migrants were killed after a truck ran over them as they walked in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The driver is reportedly still at large.
In January, at least 19 people died and 22 people were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a freight lorry.
Almost 50 people were said to have been on board when disaster struck on a highway in the township of Elota, near the port city of Mazatland in northern Mexico.
The bus had been travelling from the city of Guadalajara, in the western state of Jalisco, to Los Mochis in Sinaloa.
The lorry reportedly overturned when the bus drove into it, causing both vehicles to catch fire.
Last year, at least 29 people were killed in Mexico when a passenger bus careered off a road and plummeted 80 feet into a ravine.
An investigation was launched into the cause of the accident, but early indications suggested it was the result of mechanical failure.
Passengers on the bus were travelling from Mexico City to tiny, remote mountain villages in the impoverished Mixteca region.
