Over 20 people dead in Mexico highway accident


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 May 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 21 people died in an auto accident on Wednesday on a highway connecting Mexico's Oaxaca and Puebla states, a top state official said.

In a post on social media, Puebla Interior Minister Samuel Aguilar said the accident involved three vehicles and that an unspecified number of other people were being treated for injuries.

(Reporting by Natalia Siniawski; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)

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