Event Report

Base data

Event code VA-VHC/05512/MEX
Main category Vehicle Accident
Sub category vehicular
Event date (UTC) Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:13:03 +0000
Last update (UTC) Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:13:03 +0000

Geolocation

Continent North-America
Country Mexico
Administration area State of Oaxaca
Settlement Villa de Tepelmeme
Exact location
Open Location Code: 7694VJCP+GC
Size of affected area Local event
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Common Alerting Protocol Information

Urgency Past
Certainty Observed
Severity Extreme
Category Transport

Event details

A bus crash in the Mexican state of Oaxaca killed 16 people on Friday, according to local authorities, who say most of the passengers were migrants. Three children and two women are among the victims, all of whom are from Venezuela and Haiti, the Oaxaca state attorney general said. At least 27 people were injured and transported to nearby hospitals. Pictures posted by authorities on Facebook show the large bus flipped over and heavily damaged on a curve of the mountainous Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway. Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, which took place at 5 a.m. local time (7 a.m. ET). The Oaxaca state attorney general’s office had first said 18 people died in the crash, then revised its count late on Friday evening. The tragedy follows the deaths of at least 10 Cuban migrants, including a child, on Sunday, when the truck they were traveling in also overturned in southern Mexico, according to local authorities. Venezuela and Haiti are sources of large numbers of migrants traveling northward, fleeing insecurity and economic crisis at home. US and Mexican officials have struggled to respond to the arrivals, with Washington putting increasing pressure on Mexico City to shoulder more responsibility for people crossing its territory.


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Situation update


Casualties

Number of dead: 18 person(s)
Number of injured: 27 person(s)
Number of Affected: 0 person(s)
Number of Rescued/evacuated: 0 person(s)
Number of Missing: 0 person(s)
Number of Infected: 0 person(s)

Event Specific Details


[Vehicle Accident - vehicular]
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Risk Analisys

Nearest marine ports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest airports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest nuclear power plant There is no known nuclear power plant nearby.

Country Information

Code2MX
CodeMEX
NameMexico
LocalNameMéxico
GovernmentFormFederal Republic
ContinentNorth America
RegionCentral America
SurfaceArea1958201.00
IndepYear1810
Population98881000
LifeExpectancy71.5
GNP414972.00
GNPOld401461.00
Capital2515