12 killed as bus carrying foreign tourists crashes in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus carrying cruise ship passengers on an excursion to Mayan ruins in eastern Mexico flipped over on a narrow highway Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, officials said.

Seven Americans and two Swedes were among the injured, said Vicente Martin, spokesman for the Quintana Roo state Civil Defense agency. He said authorities hadn't yet established the nationalities of the dead.

The bus ended up on its side in vegetation along the two-lane road. Video taken after the crash showed some survivors lying on the pavement and others walking around.

Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises said in a statement that passengers from two of its ships, the Celebrity Equinox and Serenade of the Seas, were on the bus.