Dozens of people were killed in southern Mexico after a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement on Saturday.
Reuters news agency reported that 41 people were killed: 38 passengers, two bus drivers and the truck driver.
The passenger bus was traveling between Mexico's Caribbean coast resort city of Cancun and Tabasco when it collided with a cargo truck.
What is known about the crash?
The collision occurred near Escarcega in the southern state of Campeche, around 1,000 kilometres from the capital Mexico City.
The crash took place at around 2:45 am, local time, according to bus operator Tours Acosta's post on Facebook.
The company said it "profoundly regrets what happened," adding that it was working with authorities to determine the cause of the accident.
"We deeply regret the accident that occurred this morning," Javier May, the governor of Tabasco state, posted on X.
"We are coordinating with federal and Campeche authorities," he added.
