MEXICO CITY, July 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and another 21 injured on Thursday when a passenger bus overturned in Mexico's western Nayarit state, local officials said.
Several children were among the dead and injured, a Nayarit government spokesperson told Xinhua by phone.
The accident was reported around 7 a.m. local time along a highway linking the state capital Tepic with the Pacific Coast resort of Puerto Vallarta.
The bus, which was carrying beach-bound tourists from the central state of Aguascalientes, turned over in a mountainous region near the town of Compostela.
Fire fighters worked for several hours to rescue injured passengers from the wreckage and recover the bodies, according to the Nayarit Fire Department. Enditem
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