At Least 11 Dead in Western Mexico After Bus Careens Off Highway
Emergency crews from Nayarit and Jalisco closed the road as authorities investigated the crash that left 11 dead and 31 injured.
- On Friday, a tourist bus crashed in Mexico's western state of Nayarit, killing at least 11 people and injuring 31 others during a Labor Day weekend trip.
- According to the Nayarit state government, the bus was traveling from Jalisco toward a recreational center when it veered off the highway near the town of Amatlan de Canas.
- Emergency crews from Nayarit and Jalisco responded to the scene and closed the road to investigate; photos shared by the Nayarit government showed the bus on its side covered in mud.
- Deadly bus crashes occur frequently on highways across Latin America and Mexico; a February 2025 collision in southern Mexico killed more than 40 people.
- Buses remain a primary mode of transport in Mexico due to limited passenger rail routes, though President Claudia Sheinbaum is working to expand the nation's passenger rail network to connect northern and central regions.
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Eleven people died and at least 32 were injured after the tipping of a tourist bus from Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, which yesterday morning was heading to the El Manto spa, located on the road leading to the municipality of Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit.
At least 11 people died while 31 others were injured, on Friday night/Saturday, following the coup d ' état of a tourist bus in the state of Nyaret, west of Mexico. The Nyaret State Government stated that the bus from the state of Jalisco deviated from the highway and turned near the town of Amatlan de Canas.
The Nayarit Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that 11 people died and 15 more were injured after the tipping of a bus on Friday, May 1, 2026 in the road stretch between San Marcos, Jalisco, and Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit. Six victims died on site and five more in nearby hospitals. The accident, attributed to the driver’s loss of control, generated an intense mobilization of rescue teams. Five of the victims were already identified, while experts inve…
At least eleven people died and about 30 were injured this Friday after a bus headed for a spa in the Mexican state of
At least eleven people have died in a bus accident in Mexico. There are also multiple injured. The bus veered off the highway in the state of Nayarit and overturned near Amatlán de Canas, west of the megacity of Guadalajara. Mexican authorities report that the bus was en route to a spa with a waterfall when the accident occurred. The Mexican newspaper La Jornada reports that six victims died at the scene and five people were hospitalized. Figure…
11 killed, 32 injured when bus overturns on road in western Mexico
At least 11 people were killed and 32 others were injured when a passenger bus overturned on a road in western Mexico, according to officials. The bus was carrying people to a water park when it crashed. The accident happened on Friday on the road to Amatlán de Cañas, a municipality in the state of Nayarit, near the community of Pie de la Cuesta, the Nayarit state government said. Officials said the bus was traveling to El Manto, a recreational …
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