2025 Escárcega bus crash

On February 8, 2025, a bus collided with a trailer truck on the Escárcega-Villahermosa highway in Mexico and caught fire.

[8] At around the second hour of February 8,[1] when most passengers were asleep, it collided with a trailer truck and caught fire at km 171 of the Escárcega-Villahermosa highway.

[8] Tour's Acosta informed that the relatives and friends of passengers have to visit prosecutor's office of the municipality of Candelaria to perform the necessary procedures.

[4] A witness to the crash said that the bystanders were able to rescue around 10 passengers, including a girl with skull injury and man with very serious burns.

[10] Mayor of Comalcalco, Ovidio Peralta offered his condolences[7] and said that local authorities were sent to the accident site.