Fiery Crash of Bus, Fuel Tanker Kills at Least 18 in Mexico

Fiery Crash of Bus, Fuel Tanker Kills at Least 18 in Mexico
File photo of police tape in Mexico. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY—A fiery crash between a tanker truck carrying fuel and a passenger bus Saturday killed at least 18 people in northern Mexico, authorities reported.

Prosecutors in the northern border state of Tamaulipas said the crash might have been caused by one of the truck’s two tank trailers coming lose.