11 people were killed in a bus overturn in Mexico

At least 11 people were killed and 31 others were injured after a tourist bus overturned in the state of Nayarit, western Mexico, turning the Labor Day weekend into a tragedy on Friday.

The Nayarit state government said that the bus coming from Jalisco state deviated from the highway and overturned near the town of Amatlán de Cañas.

Officials said that the passengers were on their way to an entertainment center in Nayarit. Emergency teams from Nayarit and Jalisco responded and closed the road to carry out rescue operations and investigate the cause of the accident.

Pictures published by the Nayarit government showed the bus turned on its side and covered in mud.

Fatal bus accidents are frequent in Latin America and on highways in Mexico.