The New Mexico passenger bus accident kills 3, sends 22 to the hospital

BERNALILLO, NM – An accident involving a passenger bus and three other vehicles on a road in New Mexico early Sunday killed three people and sent

Sandoval County Fire Chief James Maxon confirmed the deaths and said the accident had occurred on Interstate 25 just north of Bernalillo, at about 29 o'clock in the afternoon. miles (29 kilometers) north of Albuquerque. I know immediately what caused the collision involving a passenger bus, a semitrailer, a van and a car.

A photo of Rio Rancho Fire Rescue shows the front of a mutilated bus surrounded by debris. He said the emergency teams had to extract several people who were stuck in the bus with the help of a tool that blew open parts of a vehicle.

It was not known immediately if the three dead persons were bus passengers. Maxon said that 35 people were on the bus and that emergency responders were assessing 38 people at the scene

It is also not known if the bus involved was a tour bus and where it was was coming or was heading

from a fatal accident involving multiple vehicles on Sunday, July 15, 2018, on Interstate 25, just north of Bernalillo, New Mexico (Rio Rancho Fire Rescue via AP) (Associated Press)