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'Multiple' Americans Among Dead in Mexico Bus Crash, State Department Says

by VOA News

   The U.S. State Department confirmed Wednesday that "multiple" Americans
   were among those killed in a bus crash in Mexico a day earlier.

   "We can confirm the deaths of multiple U.S. citizens in #Mexico bus
   accident, and several injuries," State Department spokesperson Heather
   Nauert wrote on Twitter. She also voiced condolences to those affected
   by the tragedy.

   State officials in Mexico said that eight Americans, two Swedes and one
   Canadian were among the 12 people killed, the Associated Press
   reported.

   Eighteen others were injured Tuesday as the bus was traveling to Mayan
   ruins in the state of Quintana Roo -- home to the popular resort city
   of Cancun.

   The cause of the crash was not immediately known.