At least 19 dead as double-decker bus smashes head-on into truck in fireball crash in Mexico

AT LEAST 19 people have died following a horror collision between a passenger bus and a freight lorry in Mexico.

A further 18 have been left injured after both vehicles went up in flames as a result of the gruesome crash on Tuesday, local authorities report.

AFP

The double-decker bus was reduced to a burnt-out metal frame following the collision[/caption]

The disaster happened on a highway in the township of Elota, near the port city of Mazatland in the north of the country, according to the director of the state civil defence office Roy Navarrete.

The injured passengers are being treated at local hospitals, with the cause of the accident under investigation.