- Title: Speed and negligence blamed for tourist bus crash that killed 12 in Mexico
- Date: 20th December 2017
- Summary: TULUM, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO (DECEMBER 20, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL WHERE CRASH VICTIMS ARE BEING TREATED VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STAFF OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TOURIST BUS ON ROAD VAN PASSING HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ENTRANCE AT HOSPITAL OFFICIALS FROM ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE COMPANY IN HOSPITAL OFFICIAL FROM ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE COMPANY WALKING OUTSIDE HO
- Embargoed: 3rd January 2018 20:27
- Keywords: tourist bus crash Tulum Cozumel cruise tourists accident
- Location: TULUM AND COZUMEL, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO
- City: TULUM AND COZUMEL, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0017CPZVPJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday (December 20) blamed speeding and driver negligence after twelve people died and 18 were injured in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo when a tour bus lost control and rolled over during an excursion to ancient ruins.
The bus was carrying 31 passengers, including citizens of the United States, Brazil and Sweden, authorities said. A child was among the dead.
Twenty-seven of the passengers had reportedly been travelling on Royal Caribbean cruise ships. The victims are being treated at a hospital in Tulum.
Last year, 11 tourists were killed in a crash in Quintana Roo when their bus flipped en route to Cancun, the Associated Press reported. Some tourists on board the cruise ship are calling for greater security measures to be taken.
The tourists were headed to the archaeological zone of Chacchoben, an ancient Mayan ruin south of the resort town of Tulum, when the vehicle veered off the highway early on Tuesday (December 19). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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