Multiple accident leaves three dead in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE.- Three people died and 24 were injured in an accident recorded earlier this Sunday, involving a passenger bus and three other vehicles. The incident was recorded north of Albuquerque, on Interstate 25.

Sandoval County Fire Chief, James Maxon reports that the accident occurred on Interstate 25, involving a passenger bus, a truck of goods, a pickup truck and a sedan car.

Firefighters had to use hydraulic scissors to open the metal and release the injured passengers on the bus, operated by the company El Paso-Los Angeles Express Limousine "(The limousines).

Several medical helicopters transported the wounded to the hospital, four in critical conditions and 20 others with various injuries. The authorities did not specify whether among the victims and the wounded added passengers and the crew of the bus, the drivers of the other three vehicles involved.

The accident, which investigates authorities, caused the closure of several hours of Interstate 25, which crosses New Mexico from north to south.